News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Amazon has acquired Facebook's satellite internet team. Parent comment

Re:Amazon has acquired Facebook's satellite internet team by shaklee3 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:26AM (#27844376)
Both. I specifically said the USA because that's where they're going to make the most money, and at a given time only about 10% of their satellites are over it.

The satellite capability is one thing, but spectrum is another. SpaceX doesn't have priority on a lot of the spectrum they have, so it might be completely unusable by the time they go live.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amazon has acquired Facebook's satellite internet team by skissane on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:28PM (#27851800)
Is Kuiper's spectrum situation any better than Starlink's? From what I've read, Starlink and OneWeb have priority over Kuiper for the same spectrum (since they were approved first).

I feel like we are arguing two different things. I was saying Kuiper can't beat Starlink. You are arguing Starlink is not going to succeed. I'm more optimistic about its prospects than you are, but even if you are right, it wouldn't change my original point – if both fail, then Kuiper still doesn't beat Starlink.

[ Parent | on HN ]