Ya but.. if they break the domain name servers and what not then even if you are starlink connected, all your sites and searches are going to be broken anyway are they not?
You are right. If connections are broken between major backbones, the internet as we know it would cease to exist. At least 100% down here in the states, Canada, maybe Mexico and the breaks will definitely be felt around the world.
Just the implications of being without internet going forward are incredible. There might be chaos just from the shitheads having withdrawl of no Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
Just like in war, at some point, the good guys would have to repair the bridges that are blown up. So anyone with Starlink might have some kind of internet access, but to do what, exactly? Communicate via IRC to those in other countries, perhaps.
Someone smarter than me with more network knowledge needs to look at the hops Musk's network takes to see how his pipes are currently connected. Because if they are no different than AT&T, L3 communications, they will be down like the rest of us.
I think Musk's satellites have a satellite-to-satellite link in a mesh topology with each other to have true redundancy. This is something that Hughes and Viasat probably did not put any major investment into doing with their satellites due to not owning enough of their own satellites or leasing other satellites and transponders. The intersatellite linking Starlinks satellites have also means there does not have to be a significant number of earth uplink stations connected into the fiber optic networks of other countries.
What if there is a parallel network set up with totally different servers / backbone with those IP addresses that were borrowed right before Trump left office?
If the current Internet went down and the failover was Starlink you wouldn't have a Facebook or CNN presence on there but there could be servers that have information they would want to share with the public.
Starlink has its own ground stations separate from the "normal internet". I think it could exist on it's own if there was a disruption to our current internet if Musk has his own data centers and servers all using those Pentagon IP addresses. It wouldn't be as huge / redundant as our current Internet with the thousands of undersea cables to supplement satellites, but it would do very well in an emergency situation where all normal internet communication has been disrupted.
Let's say China launches a cyber attack that blinds the US. Starlink as backup could help us to maintain comms and stay in the fight.
Ya but.. if they break the domain name servers and what not then even if you are starlink connected, all your sites and searches are going to be broken anyway are they not?
You are right. If connections are broken between major backbones, the internet as we know it would cease to exist. At least 100% down here in the states, Canada, maybe Mexico and the breaks will definitely be felt around the world.
Just the implications of being without internet going forward are incredible. There might be chaos just from the shitheads having withdrawl of no Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
Just like in war, at some point, the good guys would have to repair the bridges that are blown up. So anyone with Starlink might have some kind of internet access, but to do what, exactly? Communicate via IRC to those in other countries, perhaps.
Someone smarter than me with more network knowledge needs to look at the hops Musk's network takes to see how his pipes are currently connected. Because if they are no different than AT&T, L3 communications, they will be down like the rest of us.
I think Musk's satellites have a satellite-to-satellite link in a mesh topology with each other to have true redundancy. This is something that Hughes and Viasat probably did not put any major investment into doing with their satellites due to not owning enough of their own satellites or leasing other satellites and transponders. The intersatellite linking Starlinks satellites have also means there does not have to be a significant number of earth uplink stations connected into the fiber optic networks of other countries.
That's pretty nifty. I bet the latencies are shit. But up there it should easily work, with line of sight and zero interference.
What if there is a parallel network set up with totally different servers / backbone with those IP addresses that were borrowed right before Trump left office?
If the current Internet went down and the failover was Starlink you wouldn't have a Facebook or CNN presence on there but there could be servers that have information they would want to share with the public.
Starlink has its own ground stations separate from the "normal internet". I think it could exist on it's own if there was a disruption to our current internet if Musk has his own data centers and servers all using those Pentagon IP addresses. It wouldn't be as huge / redundant as our current Internet with the thousands of undersea cables to supplement satellites, but it would do very well in an emergency situation where all normal internet communication has been disrupted.
Let's say China launches a cyber attack that blinds the US. Starlink as backup could help us to maintain comms and stay in the fight.
Interesting point. Remember that big DOD range of IPs that got moved around or "woke up" a year or so ago.