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Re:FCC Authorizes SpaceX to Provide Broadband Satellite Serv... by lorenzhs on Friday March 30, 2018 @07:18AM (#16715208)
Yup, but apply the same thought to sailing boats and the GP’s point stands. Could be great for search & rescue (EPIRB is incredibly slow, this could maybe be used to build an alternative system?), but could also compromise the feeling of remoteness.
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Re:FCC Authorizes SpaceX to Provide Broadband Satellite Serv... by walrus01 on Friday March 30, 2018 @08:16AM (#16715471)
GP is talking about hiking - big difference in a 300g satellite phone vs the size and weight of what you can mount on a 30' sailboat.
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Re:FCC Authorizes SpaceX to Provide Broadband Satellite Serv... by lorenzhs on Friday March 30, 2018 @08:28AM (#16715537)
Yes obviously, but sailing is similarly remote from civilisation, you’re a small group with nobody else nearby. So the changes would be similar, except that it’s trivial to mount on a boat so the changes the GP was thinking about actually apply to that scenario. (But with a solar-powered battery-buffered LTE antenna with satellite backhaul, it could apply to hikers without them having to carry around an antenna)
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