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

[Dave Taht <dave.taht () gmail com>]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 10:06 AM Chris Wright
<chris.wright () commnetbroadband com> wrote:
> The term "5G" among technical circles started vague, became better defined over the course of several years, and is 
> becoming vague again. This nuance was never well understood in the public eye, nor by mass publications like CNN. 
> This is a battle for 12GHz, not 5G.

I second that. I will try to use that last sentence if I have to get
involved that fight. Elsewhere, though, I do wish that starlink would
adopt
an fq_codel derived algorithm on the dishy and headends to smooth out
the wildly variable latencies some.

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1330193-spacex-starlink-internet-experience-performance/page5
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+chris.wright=commnetbroadband.com () nanog org> On Behalf Of John Levine
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 9:45 PM
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: What say you, nanog re: Starlink vs 5G?
>
> 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.


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