Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-22 months agoReminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairsi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square227linkfedilinkarrow-up11.8Kfile-text
arrow-up11.8KimageReminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairsi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-22 months agomessage-square227linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up137·2 months agoDon’t let the fascists fool you, there are alternatives to Starlink. Eutelsat in France, Telesat in Canada and Inmarsat in the UK, just to name a few examples.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up65·2 months agoIt’s faster, cheaper, and on the tech side more reliable (definitely not politically reliable though).
minus-squarelearningduck@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-22 months agoMy guess is better coverage and latency with its sheer number of satellites. They use low earth orbit, which require them to use more satellites, but lowered latency.
minus-squareInktvip@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoStarlink has enough uplink to be able to handle live video streams and a latency low enough to do this with simple tools. I’m not sure if that still happens, but I’ve seen some pictures of Ukrainian command bunkers literally getting drone feeds using discord screen share.
Don’t let the fascists fool you, there are alternatives to Starlink. Eutelsat in France, Telesat in Canada and Inmarsat in the UK, just to name a few examples.
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It’s faster, cheaper, and on the tech side more reliable (definitely not politically reliable though).
My guess is better coverage and latency with its sheer number of satellites.
They use low earth orbit, which require them to use more satellites, but lowered latency.
Starlink has enough uplink to be able to handle live video streams and a latency low enough to do this with simple tools.
I’m not sure if that still happens, but I’ve seen some pictures of Ukrainian command bunkers literally getting drone feeds using discord screen share.