cqaigy2
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Starlink put some more laserfied sats up. Laserfied, that's a word right? :laughing:
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Musk is already changing strategies and is now trying to use laser technology with the latest satellites...others will be able to accomplish the same basic coverage with far, far fewer satellites...
kcflhrc
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I see pretty high bandwidth users on a daily basis. Most of our fiber customers are buying the 1 gig service because it is so cheap. Free modem and free installation. It's a great deal. I have literally seen smart homes with over 150 devices connected to their service both wired and wireless. So yeah, these users would see a real big difference between 25 meg and 1 gig.
You start streaming 3 TVS, an XBOX and a couple laptops and that 25 meg would be used up in a hurry. Not sure there is such a thing as an "average" user any more. However, the FCC says 25 meg is considered broadband and is their standard. Lots of folks would consider 25 meg amazing but on the other hand there are a lot of folks that would laugh at 25 meg.
You start streaming 3 TVS, an XBOX and a couple laptops and that 25 meg would be used up in a hurry. Not sure there is such a thing as an "average" user any more. However, the FCC says 25 meg is considered broadband and is their standard. Lots of folks would consider 25 meg amazing but on the other hand there are a lot of folks that would laugh at 25 meg.
Oaktree
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Maybe I just hang out with a very low-tech crowd, but that seems a bit excessive. Not to say there aren't those who do, but I can't imagine they're any more than a couple % of the population at best.
Oaktree
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Whatever happened to Google fiber? Haven't heard much about that lately.
kcflhrc
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I would agree, seems excessive. But when the 1 gig service is only $65 a month, why wouldn't you have it? We have competition that charges twice that for 100 meg. Needless to say we get a lot of work. And before you ask that is $65 a month for as long as you want the service, never goes up and no data caps. Never understood data caps on wired services, makes no sense. But I still see it.
kcflhrc
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They are still here in Kansas City and the Suburbs. Google Fiber 1 gig is $70 a month here
cqaigy2
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For $65 a month, sign me up.
cqaigy2
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Not changing tactics, it was always a part of their strategy.
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The technology did not exist when they started starlink...LoL...!
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my kid got on a similar plan to the mobley thru ATT , i think he pays ~$45 a month and at least twice out of the last year and a half he burned thru a TB in One month between gaming/ youtube / Net flix :shocked:
Then again- when member Zimy first started the Mobley thread he posted an early usage for 1 month of over 250 GB
Just received yet another Hughes Net "Invitation" to their plan offers,
Lets see only $149 a month for a whopping 50 GB, Gonna have to pass on that....
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cqaigy2
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LOL! :laughing: They were going to use it after they invented it. The concept of using lasers for communication has been around for a long time, so it would have been obvious they were going to use it, once they got the tech to the point where it could be put on the sat.
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cqaigy2
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Ok, mr Shill. You keep trying to keep up. :laughing:You are so funny...! keep guessing...it does a shill good...!
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LMAO...I probably pay (subscribe) to more (tech) news wire services than you even know exist...LoL
FYI...I'm a personal friend of George Gilder we go back a long, long ways....! LoL... You might want to google him...
cqaigy2
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LMAO...I probably pay (subscribe) to more (tech) news wire services than you even know exist...LoL
FYI...I'm a personal friend of George Gilder we go back a long, long ways....! LoL... You might want to google him...
You crack me up. Keep trying to impress yourself.
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so many assume. So few know...! LMAO
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Ordered on Jan 20, 2021. At the time of the order, I was told that it could take 2-4 weeks before the equipment would ship. I received an email today that it had shipped. Fed Ex tracking shows that it should arrive Wednesday, Feb 3. So it shipped one week from ordering, and Fed Ex is saying 1 week to get to VT from CA.
Coverage in my area is at 85.9% of the day. This is calculated on the assumption that my dish will be able to see the sky down to a minimum of 35˚ up from the ground. If I change that view to a 25˚ minimum, the coverage shown is "approximately 100%" of the day. (NOTE: This is not Starlink's information. Someone else calculated from known satellite orbit data. It does not include coverage from their latest satellite launch.)
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riptides
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Awesome for you. Please keep us posted on your experience.