(20-10-2023, 09:14 PM)nzoomed Wrote: Sorry, forgot to paste the link!
I've worked with starlink in a few places, it's incredible, latency is pretty low and speeds of up to 400mbps is typical.
Have to help set it up on my friends boat at some stage.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/...g-in-2024/
Thanks for that. As I was reading I was thinking "this sounds like what One (ex Vodafone) is promising" then at the end the last paragraph confirms that that is the case.
(21-10-2023, 08:18 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Very soon we will forget what stars look like, we have so much junk circling us. As it is our city skies are too lit up to see much, but soon it will be all mammade sparkles...
I fully sympathise with the astronomers who have difficulty seeing past the manmade space pollution, but for the rest of us a) if we want to use cellphones and computers, etc, we have to accept that that is the future and b) SpaceX has done something to hide the satellites after they have been up for a couple of days to offset some of the sight pollution issue..
We like to "satellite watch" on clear nights, but unless we're lucky enough to have a brand new launch going over at the right time, it's pretty hard to see Starlinks. This link shows you where they all are (and the sheer number is pretty mindblowing) https://www.heavens-above.com/StarLink.aspx.