Elon Musk receives FCC approval to launch over 7,500 satellites into space
www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/space-elon-musk-fcc-approval
I am really excited about this. Soon, it will be possible to have broadband internet with less latency than fiber nearly anywhere on earth.
One of my dreams has been to spend a few years cruising around in an RV. But since it's not possible to do that and have reliable internet, it just has not been a viable idea. But that may be changing.
Awesome!
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yea well I really hope with so many they travel "through" Chinese satellites lol.
For some reason This reminds me of the movie Geostorm.
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Less latency than fiber?
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Wouldn't that be a potential, 7,500 peices of space junk when they eventually fail? That'll be dangerous for space launches, and space stations, right? But heck, I know little about space stuff
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While it cost me about $220 per month, I had great internet when traveling in a motorhome for 3 years. I paid for a truly unlimited BUSINESS line for Verizon with unlimited data. Yes, there were a few areas of the country I had to avoid, but it worked out very well 99% of the time.
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FYI 7,500 satellites spread out around the planet would not look like that. The area of high orbit is more space than the surface of the planet. They would be barely noticeable
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Satellite internet is fairly common around here - many rural properties. The people I know that have it frequently have no service due to storms and clouds. Wonderful for people who live on boats and such, I'd think, or people who roam a lot as you mentioned, since it can be cost prohibitive as it is now.
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So when the weather is bad we lose internet? I still think it is a defense project in disguise. A satellite grid of lasers and detection devices posing as internet.
I am not saying it is aliens....but it is aliens.
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no satellite beamed internet will ever have less latency than glass fiber, you simply cannot beat the speed of light, plus no matter how fast the satellites are they are still going to have to deal with network latency like every other connection.
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Skynet
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