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Post by milspec on Feb 19, 2021 7:09:14 GMT 10
This isn't particularly a preparedness topic except insofar as when preppers choose remote locales for their preferred living region, they generally sacrifice high speed internet connectivity.
With that in mind in case you're not aware, Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service is now taking orders in Australia.
Its not the cheapest service at $139per month. However it is supposed to be low latency (20-40 Msec) and high speed (50-150Mbps) and uncapped. As anyone in a remote district would know, thats a lot better than Skymuster NBN.
They're only accepting a limited number of customers and doing so on a first come first served basis. The whole program is still in beta testing so their blurb states that there will be some service variability while they bed it down and launch more satellites.
So if "high" spec internet is for you, it may be worth investigating.
On a more very annoying note all those shitty satellites on variable orbits makes a mess of the night sky for anyone doing astrophotography. Grrr.
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Post by bug on Feb 19, 2021 11:17:57 GMT 10
Astrophotography is near impossible to accomplish now without a satellite trail in it.
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Post by Stealth on Feb 19, 2021 19:39:08 GMT 10
Kinda wish I had a reason to trial it, it's very interesting that's for sure.
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Post by bug on Feb 20, 2021 15:23:48 GMT 10
It's also insanely expensive.
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Post by Beno on Feb 20, 2021 15:59:39 GMT 10
It's also insanely expensive. Not really, well not for satellite anyway. Compared to the competition and the indicated performance and no cap on data it’s likely to be pretty popular. When you up the data, prices quickly increase with satellite internet providers.
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Post by milspec on Feb 20, 2021 20:05:25 GMT 10
I'm also hoping that it will be somewhat impervious to regional power outages.
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Post by malewithatail on Feb 21, 2021 7:17:52 GMT 10
These pesky satellites also interfere with radio astronomy as well, due to their telemetry transmitters.
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Post by Stealth on Feb 21, 2021 8:44:30 GMT 10
Agreed, it's not that expensive. I used to have to pay $90 a month for a 2 gig limit on satellite, and the connection speed was abysmal. I'm not saying it's RIGHT mind you, but in reality prices are coming down. Gradually. Mind you, they're going to sap us while they can!
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Post by bug on Feb 21, 2021 13:45:23 GMT 10
It's also insanely expensive. Not really, well not for satellite anyway. Compared to the competition and the indicated performance and no cap on data it’s likely to be pretty popular. When you up the data, prices quickly increase with satellite internet providers. Astrophotography equipment starts at several thousand dollars. I'd call that expensive. There are places where you can hire an online telescope, but that is still at least $100/hr.
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Post by Beno on Feb 21, 2021 16:20:12 GMT 10
Not really, well not for satellite anyway. Compared to the competition and the indicated performance and no cap on data it’s likely to be pretty popular. When you up the data, prices quickly increase with satellite internet providers. Astrophotography equipment starts at several thousand dollars. I'd call that expensive. There are places where you can hire an online telescope, but that is still at least $100/hr. Gotya. i was referring to elons new satellite internet. I gots no idea about astrophotography so i’ll take you word for it.
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Post by milspec on Feb 21, 2021 20:15:22 GMT 10
I dont mind paying for something that I use a lot ... as a bit of a research queen I think its a worthwhile investment. Others may see it differently and thats fair enough.
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