SpaceX - Satellite internet starting 2019

AllegroD wrote:
Skynet already does everything we need!! ;-}

Now, you've done it. No one was supposed to know :B:B

Skynet already does everything we need!! ;-}

dbechman wrote:
Latency is a huge issue with satellite internet providers. I have good cell coverage where I live but the satellite internet is extremely slow...

I live mostly off the grid and use unlimitedville.com. You can check coverage for the areas you may travel to the most.

We relied on satellite for a couple of years until a friend told me about unlimitedville. Used a code to get discount and amazed at the new speed compared to my (now) old satellite internet provider!!!

If you sign up, use INRANGE at checkout to get $20 discount.

Went from 14Mbps download/0.20 upload to now at 56Mbps download/5 upload.


Good luck all and roll on!

This post is from a shill for the company. Unlimitedville is a MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator). They buy time from the other carriers and they are prioritized last by them. If you get in a congested area of use you will be last on the vine.
Notice the member is from TN which is where this service is based. His discount code is the code to get him his commission.

dbechman wrote:
Latency is a huge issue with satellite internet providers.

spam spam spam spam (check this user's posts, all today, all pitching the same service, even dredging up 6 month old discussions to add the spam)

I live in an area without cell phone coverage and the local landline provider wanted about $8,000 to extend their service to our property. So I went with satellite internet via xplornet, which cost only $300 to install https://www.xplornet.com/

Amazing difference - download speed is FOUR times faster than what NorthwesTel (Yukon) offered and is much more reliable. Upload speed is also faster and without errors - with NorthwesTel I often had to re-upload images 2-6 times to have a successful upload.

We also have VOIP (phone with the satellite service). It is very good! No delays, no pauses, no issues whatsoever - and we can call anywhere in North America without long distance charges.

The internet in Yukon often fails for hours or days. We're no longer affected by that issue. The cost is also less per month.

Latency isn't an issue because it is still faster than what the local service provider offered via DSL. Aging infrastructure along the Alaska Highway is the problem.

If these satellites are to be in an orbit similar to the Iridium orbit (low Earth orbit) they would only be 485 miles above the Earth making the round trip communication time (latency) pretty low as it would only be about 900 miles round trip vs. the current Geostationary satellites which orbit at 22,000 miles or 45,000 mile round trip.
Of course the most serious issue is money as the plan is to launch 4425 satellites to complete the ring of satellites and allow nearly uninterrupted service. With low Earth orbit satellites, they are not fixed in one location but spinning around the Earth faster than the Earth is moving (the only way to stay in orbit at low altitude) so you must have one satellite coming into view as the other is leaving your view. It should be interesting but it does not seem to be a sustainable system due to the extremely high costs.

5G service is in the works, and reportedly is much much faster than present broadband cable. It appears that it will be launched first for home internet service, and later on for cell phones. Verizon, AT&T and perhaps others are working on 5G. Verizon is moving into trials.

Wired internet service is old technology and ultimately over the air 5G service will provide much needed competition for the wired broadband business. I believe these broadband companies see the handwriting on the wall and are acting accordingly -- one example -- a friend's broadband service from the local near monopoly on home service was cutting in and out. He dug up the cable near the house and found that the cable was just buried in the ground, no conduit. He called the broadband provider and asked them to replace the bad cable. They told him they weren't replacing those anymore, but that he could replace it himself if he liked. Crack customer service, eh?

garyemunson wrote:
Cellphone 5G is just beginning to be deployed. The increase in bandwidth is staggering. Will be required for the coming onslaught of autonomous vehicles that need inter vehicle communication. LTE already provides internet access fast enough for streaming video..5G will leave it in the dust. Should be available long before sat. I just gave up with ZTE's Mobley on AT&T's system. While it was fast enough for streaming video and game playing, the Mobley would occasionally lose internet access (although still seemingly connected to the cell system). I'd have to power it down and let it reconnect. Not ready for prime time yet!

Curious if you set the timeout on the Mobley. By default it disconnects and goes into sleep mode about 30 minutes or when power is removed such as when the vehicle it's attached to is turned off. The latest firmware update to the Mobley allows one to set the timeout to unlimited basically nullifying the timeout.

Fizz wrote:
That's OK if you have no other choice.
We have it up here but I passed, it's cheaper on cell

https://www.xplornet.com/why-choose-xplornet/

Have exactly what up here?

Xplornet has never been able to give me a straight answer about speed and quality so I'm sticking with my fairly pathetic dsl.

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