Starlink internet satellites keep emergency workers online amid wildfires

Re:Starlink internet satellites keep emergency workers onlin... by deelowe on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @10:05AM (#24638828)

Pretty much everyone on this site would likely switch to starlink given the chance despite the limitations you listed. I doubt very many of them are "rich." - ltehacks.com

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Re:Starlink internet satellites keep emergency workers onlin... by tenuousemphasis on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @10:17AM (#24638945)

I assume most people on this site live in densely populated areas, something Starlink is not designed for as there can only be so many connections per square mile per satellite.

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Re:Starlink internet satellites keep emergency workers onlin... by walrus01 on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @10:40AM (#24639160)

I think the poster is referring to the 'ltehacks' forum/website, which is a group of people using things like 700/800/850/1800/1900 band LTE last mile, via things like cradlepoints and hotspot devices, where no WISP exists.

Because they can achieve much better latency and GB/month through that than by buying a wildblue type terrible consumer grade VSAT.

Starlink will be revolutionary for those people who live in a place where no viable fixed-wireless WISP exists.

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Re:Starlink internet satellites keep emergency workers onlin... by deelowe on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:15PM (#24643285)

Correct.

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