From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lang.hm (syn-045-059-245-186.biz.spectrum.com [45.59.245.186]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAA803B29D for ; Fri, 17 May 2024 20:42:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dlang-mobile (unknown [10.2.2.53]) by mail.lang.hm (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4091D16DB; Fri, 17 May 2024 17:42:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 17:42:08 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang To: Hesham ElBakoury cc: Dave Taht via Starlink In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; BOUNDARY="===============4877154154440057273==" Subject: Re: [Starlink] =?utf-8?q?Starlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Sate?= =?utf-8?q?lite_with_5X_More_Capacity_=E2=80=93_Zimbabwe_Leading_Tech_Maga?= =?utf-8?q?zine?= X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 00:42:09 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --===============4877154154440057273== Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 17 May 2024, Hesham ElBakoury via Starlink wrote: > The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity at a low > cost with a new satellite designed to beam over 50Gbps of internet capacity > to the Earth. > > https://technomag.co.zw/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satelite-with-5x-more-capacity/ do they realize that the starlink v2-mini satellites are at 50-100Gbps currently? yes the individual user is only getting ~200Mb, because they have enough customers to need to share the available bandwidth (and if you want to pay enough, you can get a lot more) not to mention the increased latency from the signal having to travel 60x as far (or the problem that there are far fewer satellites that can be deployed at geostationary orbit than at the starlink altitudes) the article authors read a press release and don't know what they are talking about :-( David Lang --===============4877154154440057273== Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <47327sso-r75q-5787-40np-1pq9r3r24ro4@ynat.uz> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: INLINE X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KU3Rhcmxpbmsg bWFpbGluZyBsaXN0ClN0YXJsaW5rQGxpc3RzLmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldApodHRwczovL2xpc3Rz LmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldC9saXN0aW5mby9zdGFybGluawo= --===============4877154154440057273==--