SpaceX speed test best than 5G?
SpaceX
is now inviting users to join its satellite piled StarLink internet ahead of a
public beta test StarLink is the current name for this plan trademarked by
SpaceX in late August 2017 the entire project could be up and running by 2024 the current timeline holds SpaceX filed to trade rocks on the same day
in 2017 revealing more information about their internet plans the Elon Musk
owned aerospace companies now letting people or interested in the service to
sign up to in the company's words to get updates and StarLink news and service availability
in their area by filling out an email form of a zip code prospective customers
will get notifications on when or if they are able to join the star link
service once it's opened up a statement from Starlin read if you provided us
with your zip code you will be notified via email if beta testing opportunities
become available in your area in the meantime we'll continue to share with you
updates about general service availability and upcoming startling launches the
beta is expected to open up in the summer of 2020 all in the early fall and at
that point star link will have about 800 satellites in orbit welcome to news breakdown
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Opener Continued
it
said that users who successfully sign up before the beta will receive a user terminal
that musk has described as looking like a little UFO on a stick that can
position itself optimally to receive the signals from space musk has said that
the price of the Internet which promises gigabytes speeds with 15 to 25 milliseconds
latency will be about $80 a month making it competitive with other traditional
high speed providers so in relation to that particular statement I would beg to
differ $80 seems a lot for high-speed Internet currently in the UK can get
high-speed decent internet for about 35 pounds so that $80 price point seems
quite excessive in high and those are the comments that I have been seeing on
various online forums in relation to the price point that has been announced a
four star link currently SpaceX has more than 500 styling satellites in orbit
which is well above the 400 satellite threshold needed for SpaceX to start
introducing minimal internet coverage musk has said that at least 800 are
necessary for moderate coverage the firm aims to have more than 1,000 satellites
in orbit by the end of the year and has also been approved by the FCC to launch
over 12,000 satellites in total collectively they will form a constellation
designed to provide a low-cost broadband Internet service from low-earth orbit however
of course we have discussed the price point and to me is mentioned that's
obviously not affordable broadband in today's video we'll we'll be taking a
look at the three key things that you need to know about the star linker
project
Is Starlink Fast Enough
To Compete
and the first key element it will be will it
be fast enough to compete with the traditional broadband providers star link
isn't just providing satellite internet to the world it will be providing top
quality high speed satellite internet to the world at speeds that live a wide
broadband Starlin claims this is spelled out in an application to the FCC that
SpaceX submitted back in March 2017 to get the mission to deploy the satellite
system according to the application the satellite internet will enable the provision
of high-speed high-bandwidth low-latency broadband services are truly competitive
with terrestrial alternatives so it appears that the plan is to launch an
initial 800 satellites off the 12,000 satellites to provide a more basic
coverage that will then be enhanced and strengthened interestingly SpaceX is
plan also involves avoiding creating additional space junk in orbit which is a
current problem and this is a problem that I do believe will get worse as time
goes by this will certainly be affected by the reduced cost of launching goods
or services such as satellites it's a train to space
Starlink Has Been In The Works For 6 Years
The next key point is that this project has been
in the works for about six years this project has been planned by Elon Musk for
more than six years now so though it may feel like it's happening out of nowhere
it's actually been planned for
quite
a while in November 2014 he
confirmed
that SpaceX was working on creating advanced satellites to deploy low-cost
internet access around the world so we do know that Elon Musk is a man of his
word if he does set his sights on a particular project it generally tends to
make it happen and this is obviously coupled with the announcement of the
opening to the beta axis to test StarLink..
Starlink Needs More Government Approval
one
of the key elements that we do also need to know and discuss in this particular
episode is in regards to the government approval so the Federal Communications
Commission in the u.s. also known as the FCC has serious doubts that the low
Earth orbit satellite providers including Spacek scan deliver Internet service
while keeping latency and that 100 milliseconds in a lengthy report on the rule
digit opportunity fund the FCC confirmed that while Elya which is low-earth
orbit companies are allowed to apply for rural broadband funding as low latency
providers they should expect to fight the FCC has also since added that show
term applicants seeking to bid for low latency provider using low-earth orbit
satellite networks will face a substantial challenge demonstrating to the
Commission staff that their networks can deliver real-world performance to
consumers have Bulow's the commission's 100 millisecond low latency threshold
Starling is confident that his satellites at round-trip latency ZUP to path
consumers and the FCC SpaceX also explained that its system easily clears that Commission's
100 millisecond threshold for low latency services even including its
processing time during unrealistic worst-case situations SpaceX has a lot to
proof and a little time to do it while the firm has launched it nearly 500
satellites to date it isn't yet offering a commercial service SpaceX earned the
approval to develop a satellite constellation that offers a low-cost high
performance solution to providing fast internet access so of course we also do
know based on previous reports coming out of the USA there Internet access is a
huge huge problem in rural areas to a point where other communities within the
US have decided to actually dig their own trenches to line up their own
broadband cable in order for them to actually receive high-speed Internet in
2020
Conclusion
so
this is something that needs to be addressed and it looks like Elon Musk and Co
and other companies who are forming these low-earth orbit satellite internet services
will certainly have a problem to solve thank you so much for reading
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