Sawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerritt · Dec 7, 2022
NEWS: SpaceX says its Starlink service with T-Mobile will be able to provide voice, messaging, & basic web browsing at theoretical peak speeds of up to either 3.0 Mbps or 7.2 Mbps peak upload (Earth-to-space) & up to either 4.4 Mbps or 18.3 Mbps on the downlink (space-to-Earth).
Michael Sheetz@thesheetztweetz· Dec 7, 2022After the FCC last week authorized SpaceX to deploy 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, the company yesterday filed a request to put payloads on 2,016 of those satellites for its direct-to-cell system with T-Mobile to enable coverage "by mid-2024."
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Elon Musk
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Important to note that this is *total* bandwidth within a cell, so would be divided among all phones.
Starlink will be great for text messages, voice calls & low res pics. If only a dozen phones are active, which is true in remote regions, then video will work.
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