The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorised Elon Musk’s SpaceX to use its Starlink satellite internet system on moving vehicles such as cars, trucks, boats, and planes
Along with SpaceX, the FCC has approved Kepler Communications, paving the way for a new class of user terminals that can connect to broadband-beaming satellites while moving, according to the Verge.
“Authorising a new class of terminals for SpaceX’s satellite system will expand the range of broadband capabilities to meet the growing user demands that now require connectivity while on the move, whether driving an RV (recreational vehicle) across the country, moving a freighter from Europe to a US port, or while on a domestic or international flight,” FCC international bureau chief Tom Sullivan, said in a statement on Thursday.
I'm going to try. Moving into new house at the end of the year and am on the Starlink waiting list. Is there an known issue w/ corporate VPN or any VPN for that matter?
I moved from fiber to cable. Sucks. I like the idea of Starlink because it can’t be censored. It’s running through an entirely different backbone. And it can’t be knocked offline.
It is a decent chunk of change your correct...I have a question : If the deep state were to bust up our power supply do you think starlink would link everyone up for communication ? I would hope that's a possibility..🤷
Yeah during a power outage starlink will still work on your backup power. Takes about 100 watts
Monthly cost is equivalent to current fiber based service.
For now, you can order the RV version; it seems ships much more quickly than the facility install version.
It's awesome. I'm using it with protonvpn.
How fast is it?
Well where I'm at others barely hit 5 Mbps. Starlink is hiring 100+ Mbps. But since I'm a gamer the latency was my selling point. Going from 300-400 to 10-30 was awesome. And the no data cap is nice too.
10 to 30 ms ping?
Yup, I was amazed at house fast it was. Now it's not that low with my VPN but I don't use it while gaming.
Man i get like 90 ms ping on cable internet. That's insane. Not sure how it works.
Speeds vary quite a bit but it’s not noticeable for the most part. The cell I am in is “at capacity” so unfortunately I do see it slow down quite a bit during peak hours (evenings). I usually see 50-80 mbps down during normal working hours though.
Yup. Works fine with corporate vpn (cisco in my case).
Posting from the middle of nowhere wyoming right now with mine. I LOVE IT.
We have it at our house in the country and I use it to work remotely logging into our corporate network. I've gotten as high as 250 Mb down but average 70 to 90.
Yes, Mr Musk and FCC are in agreement we need even more high frequency RF fields in our environments, even for those of us especially working to distance ourselves from these fields.
As if the biological effects are still some big mystery or unknown...
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0750271
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35508219/
Starlink?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phased_array_radiation_pattern.gif A digital approximation of old fashioned rotating antennas, using electronic phase shifting steering, is extremely nonlinear and difficult to comprehend. Watching the GIF ought to wake folks up, to real spill over danger. Spewing and spattering every which way, like exploding firecrackers in paint cans.
Basically, anywhere within a city block of any phased array antenna, is bad news for those concerned with EHS, electromagnetic hypersensitivity, or EMF poisoning. As each moment, some satellites are rising and other setting, so Starlink is simultaneously tracking each one. Or perhaps several at once, to catch the most signal strength. Both up and down. Extremely difficult to visualize.
PHASED ARRAY PENCIL BEAMS AIMED AT EACH OTHER Starlink is a set of phased array pencil thick beams —> aimed exactly <— at each other. Perhaps 20 dB of antenna gain on each end. This means practically, from a distance, that neither STARLINK transmitters nor receivers have any measurable power a block away (aka far field). Both are essentially one hundredth of power (-20 dB) if in either up or down link, standing far away — yet that doubled if intersecting both from either side. Basically 100^2 = 10,000 fold HIGHER if stupid enough to be on ladder above actively transmitting phased array dish. These are estimated rough ball park numbers.
PHASED ARRAY - if a block away from Elon’s pizza box you’re likely okay. Anything closer you’ll have unwanted pencil beams spattering seemingly randomly — every which way. Much like, but not as mind blowing stupefyingly bad, as being on that ladder above the dish/box — because side lobes are often equally amplified as the main beam, during rapid tuning and tracking multiple satellites.
So adding these to all sorts of moving vehicles is going to be another nightmare public health crisis... or contribute to one... but it will be blamed on something else entirely if acknowledged at all. Because hey, if you don't see it, smell it, taste it, hear it, or touch it, it can't cause harm right?
Wow! Thank you for this explanation I know you think aww it's nothing but seriously I'm in awe of just how smart people are on this platform !
Why is this stickied? Anyway, if you think Musk is a hero you really need to search "debunking Musk" on youtube. There are entire channels dedicated to exposing him as the charlatan he is. I'm going to say this every time I come across a stickied Musk post. This dude is a fraud of EPIC proportions. Also look into debunking Starlink.
We sticky all kinds of interesting stuff.....
I respect your reply because I never even kept up with this guy just figured some overly rich prick... BUT Trump said they helped him out & he "owes" them. Plus DOD biggest military contractor ?? 🤔
The DoD military contract is specifically why I don’t trust a single endeavor of Musk’s. I don’t buy that he’s the brainchild of any of his companies.
Up until a few weeks ago I was a "Muskrat" (big Musk fan). Thought he was a real life Tony Stark. Then I started researching him. Just... WOW in the worst kind of way.
I think he lied about putting a car in space. His mom is obviously part of the Satanist club.
That was so bizarre. He said "You can tell it's real because it looks so fake". Which it looks so terribly fake I can't believe anybody believed that.
Yep. Too many people have him on a pedestal when he is a transhumanist snake.
https://insiderpaper.com/fcc-approves-elon-musks-spacex-starlink-internet-for-use-on-cars-boats-aircraft/ sauce
Interesting
I can't wait to get it for my semi truck! The dish is too big, and it's too sensitive to obstructions. Once fixed I'm in!
Question, always wondered, is the huge deflector atop the cab "transparent" to the needed radio waves? Wondering where you'll put it.
No, it's not transparent in a typical truck. Typical trucks mount satellite dishes just behind that big deflector. It pokes over the top a bit. It's a small white dome. Football size roughly. Those can auto track while driving!
Oh, seriously. Neat. I have one on my RV but it doesn't auto-track. It just receives 4G/LTE.
Truck stops sell them. Not all but many
My truck is basically an rv, not a typical truck. Internet search ARI Legacy sleeper. I can mount it on the roof. They have auto tracking dishes for direct tv. When they have that I'm in!
Oh, wow. I follow that FedEx guy's channel. I'm not sure if he has one of these, but it's similar. Has a sleeper aboard, very nice. Well! That's very interesting. How is the business? Are you busy, etc.? I wonder if it's something I would enjoy doing.
I'd pm my number if I knew how! Lol business is good. I love trucking. Started 8 years ago, currently 46
Nice :D so when they force you into buying an electric car, depending on your social credit score, they can decide if you can drive or not.
But I'm sure "based Elon" will make exceptions for folks wanting to abort their babies out of state, maybe there will be some free driving electricity credits to drive to an abortion state for free.
Winning.
I don't want any of that shit in my ride.
Yeah but on an airplane would be nice though.
It doesn't really make sense for most cars and wont be practical anyway due to population/satellite density in urban areas. I would imagine some trucking equipped. This IS a big deal for planes and boats who are still stuck with legacy sat operators and data capped or still paying per MB.
You already have 5G all over the place, tho
I use verizon hot spot currently, but there are lots of truck stops with little to no signal
Not here, yet, although they are trying. A lot of the times we are lucky to keep 3G lol
I love my starlink
You have it?
Starlink has been amazing 💕
How is this a good thing? It's just another layer on the global control grid.
But muh high speed internet in remote places!
It will be nice for Musk to provide free Starlink internet service to airplanes so then they can begin providing free wifi on flights to passengers.
I read that United has already sat down with them. Flew back to Canada on an Airbus A350 and the internet was spotty, but neat to have. Didn't work over the pole, tho, mainly only worked in Europe actually. Ping was 650ms, so, geosynchronous, which wouldn't be much for anything but chat and basic browsing.
Nope. No stank you.
Have you seen that starlink covers around the entire earth? Others can’t compare. It’s kind of scary.
No thanks....
I have this thing connected to my security system that says starlink on it but I have cable internet, it still works when my internet is out. I don't know if it's actual satilite starlink though, My monitoring is like 400 bucks a year so maybe it actually is. I was thinking about getting the starlink internet, 500 bucks is kind of a lot for the equipment but if it worked well I would probably budget it in. I just wonder how often you'd need to upgrade something like that. I'm going to wait till more people have it and see how it works out.
Who cares what FCC says! Lol😉
Problem with cable is the upstream is very limited. I got 500/500 fiber for $49. Of course, all that really means is people could steal my data really really fast! LOL
W00t, that's cheep. I pay $150 CAD for gigabit