• ArtificialLink@yall.theatl.social
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    1 year ago

    I know a lot of people have issues with Elon musk. But starlink really has been an incredible game changer for people in rural areas or places where it’s not practical to get cell or internet service. My parents live on the side of a mountain in Colorado where there’s no cell service and it would have been thousands of dollars to run an internet line. Starlink has completely changed the game for their connection to the outside world and with us. I’m sure this will be even better for them.

  • anon_8675309@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is what Apple should be working on instead of basically just sitting on cash.

    More players, cheaper for consumers.

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    1 year ago

    From their timeline it seems it’ll be a year or two before it becomes available, but that’s pretty cool nonetheless. I wonder how strong (and sensitive) of an antenna the satellites need to communicate with phones designed for much shorter range communication, and if it’ll work with cloud cover.

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      1 year ago

      Actually, because its line of sight the transmitters not need be super powerful. I am an amateur radio operator and the sats i can talk to in LEO use like 100mW (0.1W) transmitters and we can pick them up. The biggest proble.m really is that the satellite needs a large antenna to pick up the phone. The higher the frequency they use the smaller the antennas on the sats can be.

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    1 year ago

    It is going to be very compressed video and audio and browsing will be akin to dial-up. Game changer none the less

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      1 year ago

      Howso? Do you think cell phones with this feature will only be able to communicate with Starlink satellites?