Can you link that? What exactly were they testing?
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 2:36 PM Robert Andrews <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: > Somehow they passed a first review from US DOD... Can't be all smoke > and mirrors in space... > > On 01/21/2020 12:18 PM, Ryan Ray wrote: > > I'm still very wary of this. There seems to be a lot of over-promising > > under delivering. In typical Elon fashion, no details but the world runs > > with it and puts out all these data models that make it seem like the > > second coming of christ. Customer CPE is a pizza box ufo <$200 and they > > are starting in 2020, but there's no pictures or details. How is that > > even possible? We're buying 450b at a more expensive cost and there > > ain't no phased antenna with motors in it. > > > > Then all you read online is the cult following of spaceslax who takes a > > twitter post as gospel and just keeps perpetuating the same tired > > information. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:02 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com > > <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > If the SpaceX Starlink system works at 50% of what it's hyped, it > will > > become the future of rural internet. Urban is still going to be > > dominated (eventually) by fiber for the foreseeable future. Higher > > speed > > wireless will be very, very local. > > > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > On 1/19/2020 6:29 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: > > > I don’t know why, but this evening got me thinking about > > broadband delivery over the past 30 years and the future of > broadband. > > > > > > First we had nothing, then along came dial-up and that was > > amazing and many companies sprung up offering the service. Giants > > like AOL and Prodigy. > > > > > > Then DSL and Cable came along as well as wireless and dial-up has > > all but died. > > > > > > Now DSL is basically dead, cable and wireless have gone through > > several iterations and we are seeing a push to fiber. > > > > > > What’s the possibility in the next 10 years cable and wireless > > will be dead technologies with fiber at the fore front? Possibly. > > > > > > But then..... is fiber really future proof? We are talking about > > investing hundreds of millions into fiber infrastructure, because > > it’s “the future”. But is it? > > > > > > So far every technology delivery mechanism to date has become > > obsolete in as little as 6-10 years. > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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