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The new Bastrop, TX 500,000 square foot factory will make Starlink satellites.
Probably a combination of factors, but the denser foliage of the east coast (plus, combined with the higher population density) generally wants higher elevation angles…which requires more satellites.
I remember Rogers as a cable service. Horrible is not too strong a word. My hope is they don't screw up Starlink too badly, but it's a hope, not something I would put a tenner on.
I read this as the same type of setup as TMobile-Starlink, just with Rogers network cell phones.
dhanson865
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You can buy Starlink kits from Home Depot now.
dhanson865
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Today, the app let me change my subscription from mobile to residential.
That’s an interesting move by SpaceX. Now that Starlink offers coverage over all of Canada, no matter how far north one might live, they are dramatically lowering the upfront cost to try to get new customers in areas where they have lots of capacity and are likely to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. For low income people the hardware cost can be a barrier.
The challenge for SpaceX is getting the word out to those potential customers in far flung rural areas. How to advertise to them?
dhanson865
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I don't know where they got the list from but that is being emailed to potential customers.
We already know some people would have submitted a request before service was available, others they could have gotten from the work they've already done with first nations. Maybe even some addresses from the Tesla list?
I want Basic Starlink for my home, but if I want to lend it to friends so they can try it at their homes or businesses occasionally, is there any downside to ordering the Roaming version instead of standard?
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There is no guarantee you'll be able to switch from roaming to fixed location due to capacity allocation.
Roaming/ mobile costs more per month and is lower priority on data allocation.
It looks like they removed the portability option for temporarily relocating a fixed serivce plan.
dhanson865
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SpaceX Receives FCC Approval That Can increase Starlink Network Speeds Significantly!
SpaceX has received a crucial approval from the FCC that can allow it to increase the speeds for its Starlink internet service.
wccftech.com
This increases upload speeds, reduces time to acquire a new satellite, reduces or eliminates dropped connections due to the delay switching satellites.
It will reduce re-transmits (because you can sometimes finish a transmit before the sat moves out of range)
and if you aren't re-transmitting as often that's freeing up bandwidth for other users in a congested area.
...and Starlink emailed me that it shouldn't have as my area is oversubscribed. They did give a month's credit as an apology for the error.
