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[Nparker]

And from personal experience on Celebrity, I can attest it works very well.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Nparker]

Sorry Dave, it looks too much like HAL 9000 for my liking.

[Victoria Watcher]

Boeing Halts Plan for Starlink Competitor

 

Boeing gives up an FCC license to operate a low-Earth orbiting satellite constellation, which would have involved 147 satellites.

 

https://www.pcmag.co...link-competitor

[Victoria Watcher]

[Nparker]

I am not sure if this announcement is meant to exciting or horrifying.

[Victoria Watcher]

SpaceX is hoping to test its cellular Starlink system as soon as next month through 840 satellites, according to an FCC filing. 

 

The company filed the application for the experimental license this week as the FCC continues to mull whether to give SpaceX full authorization to operate the satellite-to-cellular communication service amid concerns about interference. 

 

According to the filing, SpaceX is requesting “special temporary authority” to conduct the test starting on Dec. 10 through a period lasting 180 days. The goal is to test out the system in partnership with T-Mobile using the carrier’s licensed radio spectrum to beam the satellite connectivity to 2,000 test devices. 

 

 

https://www.pcmag.co...-840-satellites

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 01 December 2023 - 07:33 PM.

[LJ]

T-mobile is such a great cell provider, everywhere excepting China proper I get unlimited data and texts and calls for 25 cents a minute. No roaming charges, unlimited North America, no long distance charges, competition is beautiful.