Progress continues to be made on Elon's cell phone that will connect with Starlink. This phone will allow us to get rid

Sign up, and you can make all message times appear in your timezone. Sign up

Report problem with this ad

Oct 30, 2024
4:32:37pm

HarlemCoug Intervention Needed

Progress continues to be made on Elon's cell phone that will connect with Starlink. This phone will allow us to get rid

of our internet providers and our current cell phone carriers. We'll turn 2 bills into 1.

This is just the beginning.

My guess is that there will be as many Starlink direct to cell phone satellites as there are for our high bandwidth terminals.

As a rough rule of thumb, however, bandwidth will be ~1/10th as high for phones vs a dedicated Starlink antenna (physics… https://t.co/BDrAB7hqxR
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 30, 2024

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1851750827112992902

This message has been modified

Originally posted on Oct 30, 2024 at 4:32:37pm

Message modified by HarlemCoug on Oct 30, 2024 at 5:47:00pm

Report problem with this ad

HarlemCoug

Previous username: Big12
Bio page: HarlemCoug
Joined: Sep 8, 2014
Last login: Oct 30, 2024
Total posts: 35,207 (4,428 FO)

Report problem with this ad

Messages

Author

Time

Progress continues to be made on Elon's cell phone that will connect with Starlink. This phone will allow us to get rid

HarlemCoug Intervention Needed

4:32pm

That is the future for sure! I remember 20 yrs ago when a tech told me that

4:49pm

So when your internet goes out, you lose phone service, too? And vice-versa?

PGVikingDad

4:52pm

I've had starlink for a couple of years and the down time in those years can be measured in seconds, not minutes.

IdahoCoug

5:11pm

That’s essentially how it works already. Voice traffic over cell is all VOiP

Socrates Johnson

5:15pm

If it's a real concern then continue to pay for multiple services.

HarlemCoug

5:48pm

Where are you seeing this?

5:05pm

sorry - i had the wrong link in the OP. Edited now - link here too

HarlemCoug

5:51pm

I wouldn’t want to be completely dependent on space. A lot can happen up there.

ponys

5:09pm

Is this the link you meant to share?

IdahoCoug

5:12pm

Report problem with this ad

Posting on CougarBoard

In order to post, you will need to either sign up or log in.

Report problem with this ad