Starlink

[BigBlue1]

I suspect those will still be there for a bit.

Current birds only have a uplink/downlink radio. They need line of sight to a given user terminal & a downlink station. That is limited bandwidth for all users in a given area. So rather than overload the satellites & cause performance issues, they are limiting the number of users in a given area.

The next generation of birds will have lasers to crosslink between birds. That will enable them to provide service even the bird overhead can't see a downlink station. They should be able to distribute load between birds better as well. Not to mention having more birds up there to service things. They stalled launches of new birds in July I believe it was, partially to get the laser crosslink stuff working. They should be resuming launches any time & have said all future birds when they resume launches will have the crosslink stuff.

If coming out of beta doesn't mean a more unrestricted sign-up capability then what would it actually mean? "We're now calling our service 'production' but you still need an invite to get in" doesn't mesh.

 

[IXLR8]

I suspect those will still be there for a bit.

Current birds only have a uplink/downlink radio. They need line of sight to a given user terminal & a downlink station. That is limited bandwidth for all users in a given area. So rather than overload the satellites & cause performance issues, they are limiting the number of users in a given area.

The next generation of birds will have lasers to crosslink between birds. That will enable them to provide service even the bird overhead can't see a downlink station. They should be able to distribute load between birds better as well. Not to mention having more birds up there to service things. They stalled launches of new birds in July I believe it was, partially to get the laser crosslink stuff working. They should be resuming launches any time & have said all future birds when they resume launches will have the crosslink stuff.

The launches were delayed due to them wanting to wait until the laser equipped satellites were ready. There was a launch on the Monday the 13th that included 51 laser equipped satellites. All future launches will include laser equipped satellites.

 

[plowhog]

If coming out of beta doesn't mean a more unrestricted sign-up capability then what would it actually mean?

When I was in the software business, "coming out of beta" meant your team believed most of the highly embarrassing software failures and omissions were behind you.

Meaning you reached a new threshold of just dealing with run-of-the-mill embarrassing failures and omissions.

 

[cqaigy2]

When I was in the software business, "coming out of beta" meant your team believed most of the highly embarrassing software failures and omissions were behind you.

Meaning you reached a new threshold of just dealing with run-of-the-mill embarrassing failures and omissions.

Ha ha, where you move your beta test group out to the rest of the population.

 

[cqaigy2]

Turning it on for first time.

 

[cqaigy2]

 

[ponytug]

It is great to see more people getting one! What revision is yours?

All the best,

Peter

 

[cqaigy2]

It is great to see more people getting one! What revision is yours?

All the best,

Peter

Not sure what that is. Debug says router hardware v1, software 2021.27.0.mr4629-prod. Dish rev2_proto2

 

[ponytug]

Thanks! The dish is what I was curious about. Rev2 hardware is supposed to have about half the running power of revision 1. (40-50W) With Starlink's recent comments about manufacturing changes, I was curious what is current.

All the best,

Peter

 

[cqaigy2]

Hmm, i don't have a good way to measure current draw. If i come up with something, i'll post results.