Communications minister interview: What's happening with Starlink in South Africa?

LadyTitania said:
Lol, the solution has already been done, the areas have lte connections
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For the second round of tests, we put the Starlink Mini through its paces on a farm about 18km outside Brits in the North West.

There was no fixed Internet or cellular connectivity available at this location, a scenario in which much of Starlink’s primary target market finds itself.
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LadyTitania said:
What I meant was does it need to be stationery, or can it work while moving ?
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While moving. This is going to be a game changer for internet access on planes and cruise ships, for example.

Starlink isn't going anywhere so a protest "don't support them, it's pollution/elon porn/whatever" is completely futile. The reality is it provides options for rural areas that DO NOT exist at the moment.
I work with people who use it (not in SA) and they get 200-300mbps transfers with I believe about 30-40ms latency which is absolutely amazing when you have no fibre or copper anywhere near you. I'm actually considering getting one as a backup for my fibre.
 
Sinbad said:
While moving. This is going to be a game changer for internet access on planes and cruise ships, for example.

Starlink isn't going anywhere so a protest "don't support them, it's pollution/elon porn/whatever" is completely futile. The reality is it provides options for rural areas that DO NOT exist at the moment.
I work with people who use it (not in SA) and they get 200-300mbps transfers with I believe about 30-40ms latency which is absolutely amazing when you have no fibre or copper anywhere near you. I'm actually considering getting one as a backup for my fibre.
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Is that for when Keir Stalin cuts off your internet?
 
Lol you need to learn reading compression
That point was directed to to the areas listed by toxic bunny.

But you can keep constructing these strawman, stop misrepresenting my arguments, it's a childish tactic and really lame
 
LadyTitania said:
Lol it is my solution I decide what is relevant, so tell me how do they get electricity and water
If no grid enters ?
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Sinbad said:
While moving. This is going to be a game changer for internet access on planes and cruise ships, for example.

Starlink isn't going anywhere so a protest "don't support them, it's pollution/elon porn/whatever" is completely futile. The reality is it provides options for rural areas that DO NOT exist at the moment.
I work with people who use it (not in SA) and they get 200-300mbps transfers with I believe about 30-40ms latency which is absolutely amazing when you have no fibre or copper anywhere near you. I'm actually considering getting one as a backup for my fibre.
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Lies! they should have just built a grid to those people and they would have LTE.
 
LadyTitania said:
And how many jobs is that going to create in SA? If you can always create, build, buy , never ever rent, only idiots rent.

Or maybe I just think far too ahead, Starlink solves no problem, it is not a solution on the contrary it is pollution. But anyway enjoy your gimmick tech
I'll be over here playing playing xdefiant in my stable lte connection
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Thank God we have been spared with five years of lurking silence from this idjit...
 
SeRpEnT said:
Better reinforce your hat then buddy...

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MyBB Lefty Expits assure me that pedo Eelawn has killed Twitter, his cars are catching fire, his Mars rocket never took off, and all he does is take credit for other people's hard work. In fact it won't be long before he's seen begging on some street corner.

Are you telling me they've been talking schit all this time?
 
Sinbad said:
While moving. This is going to be a game changer for internet access on planes and cruise ships, for example.

Starlink isn't going anywhere so a protest "don't support them, it's pollution/elon porn/whatever" is completely futile. The reality is it provides options for rural areas that DO NOT exist at the moment.
I work with people who use it (not in SA) and they get 200-300mbps transfers with I believe about 30-40ms latency which is absolutely amazing when you have no fibre or copper anywhere near you. I'm actually considering getting one as a backup for my fibre.
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Lol I agree but we must understand what it's really being proposed here

Lauching thousands of satterlites in orbit is not a good solution to the problem you proposed in south Africa.

When I speak of costs, to an economist cost is a broad term term

1. We don't need a network controlled by one party

2. We need localisation of things, local skill local jobs local industries etc

3. You want us to outsource our internet infrastructure ftom over sees??? Ask the Europeans and Amercans how it turned out for them with China

4. We need modulus systems that we have control over, so we can protect our selves from outside attack
Etc

These are all costs to me, and aren't worth it. We can do better
 
LadyTitania said:
Lol I agree but we must understand what it's really being proposed here

Lauching thousands of satterlites in orbit is not a good solution to the problem you proposed in south Africa.

When I speak of costs, to an economist cost is a broad term term

1. We don't need a network controlled by one party

2. We need localisation of things, local skill local jobs local industries etc

3. You want us to outsource our internet infrastructure ftom over sees??? Ask the Europeans and Amercans how it turned out for them with China

4. We need modulus systems that we have control over, so we can protect our selves from outside attack
Etc

These are all costs to me, and aren't worth it. We can do better
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The satellites are being launched regardless. Opening it up to SA doesn't change anything about that.

1) bad news for you - your LTE connection is controlled by one party.
2) Sure. But a commodity like internet access doesn#t add local value in and of itself. It enables, massively, local skills, local jobs, local industries. People don't need to know how it works to build a business that uses it as a foundation.
3) Garbage argument. Most large ISPs are overseas players / overseas funded.
4) "we"? See above. This is a global network with global players. You can't protect from DDoS within your boundary.
 
LadyTitania said:
Lol I agree but we must understand what it's really being proposed here

Lauching thousands of satterlites in orbit is not a good solution to the problem you proposed in south Africa.

When I speak of costs, to an economist cost is a broad term term

1. We don't need a network controlled by one party

2. We need localisation of things, local skill local jobs local industries etc

3. You want us to outsource our internet infrastructure ftom over sees??? Ask the Europeans and Amercans how it turned out for them with China

4. We need modulus systems that we have control over, so we can protect our selves from outside attack
Etc

These are all costs to me, and aren't worth it. We can do better
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Still waiting for you to find investors for your company and create lots of jobs.
 
LadyTitania said:
Lol had to look him up
No I only ask coz everyone keeps saying boats and airplanes
But it appears to me that the thing doesn't even work on an air plane
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