Times Up, Told You So, DirecTV is Dead
AT&T is reportedly trying to sell DirecTV to private-equity investors just five years after buying the satellite provider. The negotiations with potential buyers come after millions of customers ditch...
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"... that the tests so far show the network has “super low latency” with download speeds greater than 100 megabits per second. That’s fast enough to stream multiple HD movies at once, and still have bandwidth to spare..."
Your broadband good for that kind of speed, bill? I didnt think so. I guess we dont have to wait years afterall!
And Oopsie on that ground station thing you griped about:
"SpaceX has also begun testing spacecraft with inter-satellite laser links, which could eventually allow data traffic to flow through the network without going through ground relay stations. "
“With 1,440 satellites, that’s when we get 24/7 global coverage, and the plan is to not stop there,” Hofeller said. “We’ll continue to launch, and with each launch, we can provide more and more capacity. There’s never enough capacity. You can’t limit what your kids want to watch, and what your family wants to consume. So we’ll continue to densify the network.”
I love the future.
Quotes source:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/09/16/spacex-plans-falcon-9-launch-thursday-
from-kennedy-space-center/
Oh, and in case you want to watch the latest batch of 60 launch today Thursday at 2.19pm, here's the link:
https://www.spacex.com/
(only 60% chance of good weather tho)
Your broadband good for that kind of speed, bill? I didnt think so. I guess we dont have to wait years afterall!
And Oopsie on that ground station thing you griped about:
"SpaceX has also begun testing spacecraft with inter-satellite laser links, which could eventually allow data traffic to flow through the network without going through ground relay stations. "
“With 1,440 satellites, that’s when we get 24/7 global coverage, and the plan is to not stop there,” Hofeller said. “We’ll continue to launch, and with each launch, we can provide more and more capacity. There’s never enough capacity. You can’t limit what your kids want to watch, and what your family wants to consume. So we’ll continue to densify the network.”
I love the future.
Quotes source:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/09/16/spacex-plans-falcon-9-launch-thursday-
from-kennedy-space-center/
Oh, and in case you want to watch the latest batch of 60 launch today Thursday at 2.19pm, here's the link:
https://www.spacex.com/
(only 60% chance of good weather tho)
