.....no better than local broadband... what am I missing?
It is meant for rural users that don't have access to good broadband. It is not meant for urban users for a variety of reasons.
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.....no better than local broadband... what am I missing?
That the uplink speed is better than my downlink speed (DSL). I'm assuming reliability is also better........no better than local broadband... what am I missing?
.....no better than local broadband... what am I missing?
The satellite internet system will be fine for many people, but do take care that a single large solar event that hits our magnetosphere could destroy May of these satellites. If you have wired or fiber to your home the advise would be to keep it. People who do not have internet to their home are the better target users for satellite derived internet.Starlink speed test results are starting to leak - Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test
I think when they release it they're going to artificially limit its capabilities and maximize the price to not present a threat to ISPs as they roll out their constellation. Minimize lobbying threat. Then once their constallation is at a tipping point (probably around the time Starship is up) they're gonna really flip the switch and start ravaging telcos globally. It's going to be disgusting. Ruthless. And beautiful to behold.
It really depends where you live. Those speeds are a lot worse than my current DSL connection and in developed countries gigabit is pretty standard now, with sub 10ms pings.
In really developed countries 10Gb is normal now, e.g. Japan.
But for backwaters and developing nations like the UK and US there are plenty of places where Starlink is competitive. It might actually help those countries as they won't have to spend their very limited resources trying to boost rural areas to usable speeds any more and can concentrate on bringing metropolitan areas into the last decade.
It’s meant primarily for those of us in the boondocks, with no available broadband, at least initially......no better than local broadband... what am I missing?
It would be great if they would approach Tesla owners, Beta testing privileges, first.
I don't see why they wouldn't include a few folks in dense areas just to cover a larger geographic area for testing. No harm in a few customers in large metropolitan cities, unless they share it with their entire building...No, it wouldn't. It would be great if they took people who'd most benefit from it first.
Waiting for my beta invite all the way over here in the Northeast. Not only is rural internet inadequately available for home-schooling, when the power goes out there is no intenet service, and when cellular towers are powerless there is severely reduced phone service. Islanding solar/battery- powered/generator-powered urban and rural homes can still have satellite internet when the grid goes down.
...but do take care that a single large solar event that hits our magnetosphere could destroy May of these satellites.
I don't see why they wouldn't include a few folks in dense areas just to cover a larger geographic area for testing. No harm in a few customers in large metropolitan cities, unless they share it with their entire building...
I agree, but if they can only approve a limited amount of betas, filter next by those who believe in Musk and his projects and have proven it by investing in his technologies.No, it wouldn't. It would be great if they took people who'd most benefit from it first.
I agree, but if they can only approve a limited amount of betas, filter next by those who believe in Musk and his projects and have proven it by investing in his technologies.
It is meant for rural users that don't have access to good broadband. It is not meant for urban users for a variety of reasons.
I'm only referring to prioritizing beta testers, who are rural users. I live in the boondocks of Montana and own a Model X. I’d like to be one of the early beta testers, ahead of non-Tesla users. That’s all I’m saying. I’m not suggesting that anyone be excluded, other than locations that already have good broadband.