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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by CtrlAltmanDel on Sunday November 24, 2024 @10:49PM (#42233075)
I keep coming back to the comments waiting to see how many orders of magnitude lower. 1 Mbps would be quite different than 10 kbps. Is this for facetime while camping, or send an SOS if your car breaks down in the backroads?
Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by Mashimo on Monday November 25, 2024 @03:36AM (#42234364)
It will start of with text messaged only. That should give you an idea about the throughput.
Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by verzali on Monday November 25, 2024 @03:53AM (#42234443)
It's much closer to the SOS. They start with text messaging, which is much easier because it's low bandwidth and tolerant of delays. Voice can also be done at low bandwidth but its a bit harder to ensure things sound smooth. And then data, but I think this will only ever be low bandwidth like internet browsing, not tiktok or facetime. There's probably a reason they aren't boasting about the bandwidth they can achieve...