Re:Starlink internet satellites keep emergency workers onlin...
by walrus01 on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @09:57AM
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You clearly aren't aware of the existence of traditional geostationary-based VSAT terminals/modems/equipment, all of which already fit those grossly misunderstood and uninformed use cases.
Trust me, if there's one thing the DoD is really good at, it's spending money on launching its own satellites and buying commercial C/Ku/Ka band transponder capacity from third parties.
Really rich people don't need starlink. Traditional earth station equipment for dedicated 1:1 capacity, two way satellite already exists.
Also o3b already exists. By the scale of money of the sort of person who buys a large private island with a staff, the hardware cost of an o3b terminal is a tiny rounding error.
Trust me, if there's one thing the DoD is really good at, it's spending money on launching its own satellites and buying commercial C/Ku/Ka band transponder capacity from third parties.
Really rich people don't need starlink. Traditional earth station equipment for dedicated 1:1 capacity, two way satellite already exists.
Also o3b already exists. By the scale of money of the sort of person who buys a large private island with a staff, the hardware cost of an o3b terminal is a tiny rounding error.