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  • =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Satellit?=

    From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Apr 12 05:39:05 2024
    Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Satellit?=
    =?UTF-8?Q?e_With_5x_More_Capacity=E2=80=9D?=

    “Starlink Rival Astranis Debuts Next-Gen Satellite With 5x More Capacity”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satellite-with-5x-more-capacity

    “The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity while keeping the costs low.”

    Pretty soon, we are going to have million billion satellites rotating
    around the planet from LEO to GEO.

    BTW, I am using Starlink exclusively for my office building out in the
    country now. Works great, I am getting 100/100 mbps out of it. Much
    better than the AT&T DSL 12/1 mbps lines that I have multiplexed.

    Lynn

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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Apr 12 07:00:29 2024
    Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Satellit?= =?UTF-8?Q?e_With_5x_More_Capacity=E2=80=9D?=
    Reply-To: slp53@pacbell.net

    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
    “Starlink Rival Astranis Debuts Next-Gen Satellite With 5x More Capacity”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satellite-with-5x-more-capacity

    “The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity while >keeping the costs low.”

    Pretty soon, we are going to have million billion satellites rotating
    around the planet from LEO to GEO.

    Sure. And one malfunctioning station-keeping thruster failure will
    render space inaccessible.


    BTW, I am using Starlink exclusively for my office building out in the >country now. Works great, I am getting 100/100 mbps out of it. Much
    better than the AT&T DSL 12/1 mbps lines that I have multiplexed.

    12/1 DSL has been obsolete for a decade. Fiber is the way to go.



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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Apr 12 08:33:01 2024
    Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Sa?=
    =?UTF-8?Q?tellite_With_5x_More_Capacity=E2=80=9D?=

    On 4/11/2024 4:00 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
    “Starlink Rival Astranis Debuts Next-Gen Satellite With 5x More Capacity”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satellite-with-5x-more-capacity

    “The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity while
    keeping the costs low.”

    Pretty soon, we are going to have million billion satellites rotating
    around the planet from LEO to GEO.

    Sure. And one malfunctioning station-keeping thruster failure will
    render space inaccessible.


    BTW, I am using Starlink exclusively for my office building out in the
    country now. Works great, I am getting 100/100 mbps out of it. Much
    better than the AT&T DSL 12/1 mbps lines that I have multiplexed.

    12/1 DSL has been obsolete for a decade. Fiber is the way to go.

    Only if you are in a town. I actually do have fiber at the front of my
    14 acre office property but AT&T wants $550/month with a five year
    contract for a 10/10 mbps connection. Or 1000/1000 mbps for
    $1,500/month. They would have to pull off two fiber strands (out of the
    32 strands), install a repeater, and run them a quarter mile back to my
    office building. Not cheap.

    Lynn



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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Apr 12 10:16:15 2024
    Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Sa?=
    =?UTF-8?Q?tellite_With_5x_More_Capacity=E2=80=9D?=

    On 4/11/2024 3:39 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    “Starlink Rival Astranis Debuts Next-Gen Satellite With 5x More Capacity”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satellite-with-5x-more-capacity

    “The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity while keeping the costs low.”

    Pretty soon, we are going to have million billion satellites rotating
    around the planet from LEO to GEO.

    BTW, I am using Starlink exclusively for my office building out in the country now. Works great, I am getting 100/100 mbps out of it. Much
    better than the AT&T DSL 12/1 mbps lines that I have multiplexed.

    How is it for teleconferencing? I've heard that the drop outs as it
    switches between satellites are problematical.

    pt


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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Apr 12 11:31:14 2024
    Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Sa?=
    =?UTF-8?Q?tellite_With_5x_More_Capacity=E2=80=9D?=

    On 4/11/2024 7:16 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 4/11/2024 3:39 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    “Starlink Rival Astranis Debuts Next-Gen Satellite With 5x More Capacity”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satellite-with-5x-more-capacity

    “The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity
    while keeping the costs low.”

    Pretty soon, we are going to have million billion satellites rotating
    around the planet from LEO to GEO.

    BTW, I am using Starlink exclusively for my office building out in the
    country now. Works great, I am getting 100/100 mbps out of it. Much
    better than the AT&T DSL 12/1 mbps lines that I have multiplexed.

    How is it for teleconferencing? I've heard that the drop outs as it
    switches between satellites are problematical.

    pt

    We don't do much teleconferencing so I don't know. I do get dropouts
    for Thunderbird when going to Usenet after an hour or so of inactivity.

    Lynn



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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Apr 12 12:48:12 2024
    Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Sa?=
    =?UTF-8?Q?tellite_With_5x_More_Capacity=E2=80=9D?=

    On 4/11/2024 7:16 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 4/11/2024 3:39 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    “Starlink Rival Astranis Debuts Next-Gen Satellite With 5x More Capacity”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satellite-with-5x-more-capacity

    “The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity
    while keeping the costs low.”

    Pretty soon, we are going to have million billion satellites rotating
    around the planet from LEO to GEO.

    BTW, I am using Starlink exclusively for my office building out in the
    country now. Works great, I am getting 100/100 mbps out of it. Much
    better than the AT&T DSL 12/1 mbps lines that I have multiplexed.

    How is it for teleconferencing? I've heard that the drop outs as it
    switches between satellites are problematical.

    pt

    BTW, I download the entirety of my main website every Friday to one of
    my local fileservers over Starlink. It is a 31 GB download and takes a
    couple hours for a couple of thousand files.

    Lynn



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  • From Michael F. Stemper@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Apr 13 03:29:41 2024
    Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3a_=e2=80=9cStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Sa?=
    =?UTF-8?Q?tellite_With_5x_More_Capacity=e2=80=9d?=

    On 11/04/2024 16.00, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
    “Starlink Rival Astranis Debuts Next-Gen Satellite With 5x More Capacity”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satellite-with-5x-more-capacity

    “The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity while
    keeping the costs low.”

    Pretty soon, we are going to have million billion satellites rotating
    around the planet from LEO to GEO.

    Sure. And one malfunctioning station-keeping thruster failure will
    render space inaccessible.

    I think this is the answer to "Where are they?" The Berserkers, the
    Inhibitors, all that lot, are trapped on their home planets by impenetrable layers of communications satellites. At least they get to watch a lot
    of smeerp videos.

    --
    Michael F. Stemper
    Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be.


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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Apr 13 06:33:34 2024
    Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Sa?=
    =?UTF-8?Q?tellite_With_5x_More_Capacity=E2=80=9D?=

    On 4/11/2024 4:00 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
    “Starlink Rival Astranis Debuts Next-Gen Satellite With 5x More Capacity”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satellite-with-5x-more-capacity

    “The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity while
    keeping the costs low.”

    Pretty soon, we are going to have million billion satellites rotating
    around the planet from LEO to GEO.

    Sure. And one malfunctioning station-keeping thruster failure will
    render space inaccessible.

    It means that everything we put in space will soon have be armor plated.
    Bolos for all !

    Lynn



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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Apr 13 09:12:17 2024
    Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CStarlink_Rival_Astranis_Debuts_Next-Gen_Sa?=
    =?UTF-8?Q?tellite_With_5x_More_Capacity=E2=80=9D?=

    On 4/12/2024 3:33 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 4/11/2024 4:00 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
    “Starlink Rival Astranis Debuts Next-Gen Satellite With 5x More
    Capacity”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-rival-astranis-debuts-next-gen-satellite-with-5x-more-capacity

    “The new Omega satellite promises to offer more internet capacity while >>> keeping the costs low.”

    Pretty soon, we are going to have million billion satellites rotating
    around the planet from LEO to GEO.

    Sure. And one malfunctioning station-keeping thruster failure will
    render space inaccessible.

    It means that everything we put in space will soon have be armor plated.
    Bolos for all !

    Lynn

    We may have to bring back the original Orion drive. That 8,000 ton
    minimum should be good for lifting a Bolo to outer space.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)

    Lynn



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