Re: What say you, nanog re: Starlink vs 5G?

[Nathan Stratton <nathan () robotics net>]

I use Comcast Business for my primary at home, but it is so bad that I was
forced to get Starlink as backup. I am not in a city, but close enough that
there would be issues.

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nathan stratton


On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 9:47 PM John Levine <johnl () iecc com> wrote:

> It appears that Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com> said:
> > Adding a terrestrial transmitter source mounted on towers and with CPEs
> > that stomps on the same frequencies as the last 20 years of existing two
> > way VSAT terminals throughout the US seems like a bad idea. Even if you
> > ignore the existence of Starlink, there's a myriad of low bandwidth but
> > critical SCADA systems out there and remote locations on ku-band two way
> > geostationary terminals right now.
>
> I think the original thought was that the satellite service would be used
> in
> rural areas and 5G in cities so there'd be geographic separation, but
> Starlink
> is selling service all over the place.