Elon's Space Internet

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Why SpaceX is Making Starlink

This looks dangerous to national firewalls.

Apparently this network is for low-medium density areas, IE rural areas where there is limited or no internet coverage.

It's not a replacement for 5G, more like an alternative to landlines or microwave dishes being used to link things up.

The latency of earth-satellite links is around 30ms each way whereas 5g latency is in the single digits for data that's not too far away.

 

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