“SpaceX’s unorthodox card-dealing launch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites has led to an unusual viewing opportunity for skywatchers — and an occasion to wonder about the impact of such mega-constellations on the natural night sky,” reports GeekWire: A video captured by satellite-watcher Marco Langbroek in the Netherlands sums up the awe… It didn’t take long for Langbroek and other skywatchers to…
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SpaceX is launching 60 satellites to start its global internet scheme
On Thursday, SpaceX will launch 60 spacecraft on a single rocket to start a planned fleet of 12,000 broadband internet satellites Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2204394-spacex-is-launching-60-satellites-to-start-its-global-internet-scheme/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
FCC Chairman Backs T-Mobile, Sprint Merger With New Conditions
T-Mobile and Sprint submitted a new plan for their proposed $26 billion merger to the FCC — including enhanced 5G buildout commitments and an agreement to spin off Sprint’s Boost Mobile — which got the nod from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. From a report: T-Mobile and Sprint first announced their plans to merge in April 2018, looking to combine…
SpaceX set to launch first satellites of its internet network
SpaceX is targeting Thursday night for the launch of 60 satellites into low-Earth orbit, the first of potentially thousands in its Starlink project to beam broadband internet across the planet. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-spacex-satellites-internet-network.html…
SpaceX has packed 60 satellites onto one rocket to advance its big internet plan
SpaceX’s plan to provide broadband access will take a big step forward Thursday night as the Elon Musk-led firm prepares to launch five dozen small satellites on a single rocket. They will eventually become part of a network of potentially thousands of internet-beaming spacecraft. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-spacex-satellites-rocket-advance-big.html…
Starlink’s satellites will be orbiting at a much lower altitude, reducing the risks of space junk
Among Elon Musk’s many plans for the future, one of the more ambitious has been the creation of a constellation of satellites that will offer broadband internet access to the entire world. Known as “Starlink,” the company’s long-term plan is to deploy over 12,000 internet satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) by the mid-2020s. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-starlink-satellites-orbiting-altitude-space.html…
26 States Now Ban Or Restrict Community Broadband, Report Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A new report has found that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks. Quite often the laws are directly written by the telecom sector, and in some instances ban towns and cities from building their own broadband networks — even if the local…
Report: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband
Many of the laws restricting local voters’ rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmana/report-26-states-now-ban-or-restrict-community-broadband…
Net Neutrality Bill Sails Through the House But Faces an Uncertain Political Future
House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Democrat-backed bill (alternative source) that would restore rules requiring AT&T, Verizon and other Internet providers to treat all Web traffic equally, marking an early step toward reversing one of the most significant deregulatory moves of the Trump era. From a report: But the net neutrality measure is likely to… Continue reading Net Neutrality Bill Sails Through the House But Faces an Uncertain Political Future
5G May Never Live up to the Hype
To hear wireless carriers tell it, fifth-generation (5G) wireless is going to change the world. Verizon, for example, insists the technology is part of a “fourth industrial revolution” heralding the smart cities of tomorrow. Others have claimed 5G will do everything from revolutionize rural telemedicine to have us all working a 4-day work week in… Continue reading 5G May Never Live up to the Hype