Re: [apnic-talk] Best of the APNIC Blog digest - April 2021
Hi Ronald, a very late reply here…
The Starlink dishes are very much steerable - as you see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNeVTMJvqFQ&t=478s
I’ve signed up for a service, so I might have more info about it, when it finally turns up!
All the best,
Paul.
On 30 Apr 2021, at 17:59, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> In message <SG2PR04MB3366F10BED15576E206FC8638E5E9@SG2PR04MB3366.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com>,
> APNIC Secretariat <Secretariat@apnic.net> wrote:
>
>> Starlink's high-speed satellite Internet: What's the catch?
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> By George Michaelson on 22 April 2021
>> Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are a high-speed game-changer for
>> remote areas. But when people on the fringes of urban areas decide they
>> want access to the same high-speed Internet, multiplexing means the
>> speeds reduce as more people sign up, with potential implications for
>> further infrastructure development.
>
>
> Can anyone explain to me how fixed, non-steerable parabolic ground
> antennas can provide reliable communications and good bandwidth to
> any one of a set of satellites, none of which is geostationary?
>
>
> Regards,
> rfg
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