Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Minor Update - ATT Wireless Internet - SOME Issues Solved Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:35:28 +0200 Lines: 49 Message-ID: <0cdnllx84f.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <1067q5q$24u7g$7@dont-email.me> <106avkh$2noci$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 8JXXlmFny5nqo1HjOKgmGA9EPypsDH9Mg6BgjLTLGFR7ADzrIU X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:l0N7fKO59pjqRXpiRyQggBd8JHc= sha256:YnULhlo0SdXjN04jkney+0oZlwFyC8ijKhTO9xl7CXY= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <106avkh$2noci$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70088 On 2025-07-29 19:16, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > On 7/29/25 00:38, c186282 wrote: >> On 7/28/25 8:24 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 27/07/2025 23:00, c186282 wrote: >>>> On 7/27/25 2:21 PM, rbowman wrote: >>>>> On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 14:06:41 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>>    Only StarLink always has the "tower" directly OVER >>>>    you. Again though, as weird as Musk has become, the >>>>    whole service could disappear in an instant. >>>> >>> Other companies are in that game.  Eutelstat is one. There are >>> others. Inmarsat is a geo stationary network IIRC. >>> >>> In rural UK a lot of network traffic is carried of microwave point to >>> point links. Rather than cables. >>> >>> >>>>    Ok, there's geo-sync sat internet but the signal >>>>    delay would be UGLY these days with all the >>>>    highly-decorated ad-infested web pages. Had it >>>>    in the old old days when things were simpler, >>>>    but the up/down lag was still annoying. >>>> >>> Yes. >>> >>> Fibre is ultimately higher bandwidth than we know what to do with >>> *yet*...:-) - and cheap and corrosion proof... >>> >>> ...but laying cable is never a cheap option. >> >>    'Zactly - physical media ... HUGE upkeep problems. >> >>    Requires LOTS of expensive annoying humans and >>    equipment. >> >>    As such, as I said somewhere, FORGET fiber. It'll >>    only be used to connect wireless nodes really soon. > >     And cable of any sort is subject to attack by bad actors as has > been happening in the Baltic Sea.  Other cables in other seas and the > shallower parts of the oceans are similarly vunderable to attack. Wireless is also vulnerable. It can be simply listening to, or active interference. -- Cheers, Carlos.