Re:SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in r...
by jdminhbg on Friday August 26, 2022 @12:09PM
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This is exactly why net neutrality rules were a bad idea, because of insane proposals like this that would kill legitimate innovation. If you are lost in the woods without a cell signal, you don't want someone downloading a podcast episode at 1k/s sucking up all the bandwidth.
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Re:SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in r...
by lrvick on Friday August 26, 2022 @02:08PM
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Maybe they are downloading a low res video demonstrating an emergency field medicine procedure to save a life far from hospitals. Maybe they are a journalist or a whistleblower uploading a picture that may change the outcome of a war.
A central party trying to decide what data is most important is going to be wrong when it counts most.
If a single user is monopolizing all bandwidth and a new user joins, throttle the existing user in half to make room.
There might also need to be a way to signal a need for emergency bandwidth, 911 style, that can give you priority access for a short time window, with the option for a carrier to cut off your device IMEI entirely if it is used too frequently.