Why Elon Musk is Really Building Starlink
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
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Elon Musk tweeted that Starlink satellite internet service is now available in Ukraine. What does that really mean? Why is it important? And if it’s a big new thing that the internet is in space then… where was it before? In this video, I dive deep into how your internet gets to you right now, why Elon Musk wants to put it in space, and why it all matters.
We’re in the middle of the Internet Space Race. It’s not just Elon with Starlink and SpaceX, it's also Jeff Bezos with Project Kuiper… oh and don’t forget Richard Branson with OneWeb. Why do all these billionaires want to put your internet in space? So much so that they’re willing to put millions of dollars on the line, weather geomagnetic storms, and launch thousands of satellites into orbit, all in an attempt to change the way millions of people get their (your!) internet.
But this is more than just a fight between billionaires. It’s a fight for the future of the internet. It’s an effort to get connected the billions of people who still, in 2022, don’t have access to high speed internet - or can’t afford the cost given the way it’s being provided today.
This is a story about ambition, connection, and a WHOLE LOT of crazy cool engineering.
I show 3 maps in this video that you might enjoy exploring for yourself:
- Submarine cable map: www.submarinecablemap.com/
- Share of the population using the internet: ourworldindata.org/grapher/sh...
- Starlink satellite map: satellitemap.space/
Chapters:
00:00 The Internet Space Race has begun
01:15 How does the internet work?
05:03 Why put the internet in space?
10:37 How does Starlink work?
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Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated video producer and journalist. Cleo produces detailed explainer stories about technology and economics. She wrote the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained, was the host and a senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, as well as a host and producer of Vox’s RUclips Originals show, Glad You Asked. She now makes her own independent show, Huge If True. Each episode takes on one big technology innovation or idea, explains what it is, and helps people imagine the ways it could improve the world we live in by answering one simple question: If this works, what could go right?
Sources I read/watched for this video and think you might enjoy:
- “Why SpaceX is Making Starlink,” Real Engineering • Why SpaceX is Making S...
- “Gaming on STARLINK!!” Linus Tech Tips • Gaming on STARLINK!!
- “What Elon Musk's 42,000 Satellites Could Do To Earth,” Tech Insider • What Elon Musk's 42,00...
- “Why Starlink is crucial for SpaceX’s success,” CNBC • Why Starlink Is Crucia...
- “Starlink explained - why SpaceX needs 42,000 satellites,” Undecided with Matt Ferrell • Starlink explained - w...
- “It’s time for a new approach for mapping broadband data to better serve Americans,” Microsoft blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-is...
- “Broadband for all: charting a path to economic growth,” Deloitte www2.deloitte.com/content/dam...
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Welcome to the joke down low (an idea 100% in reference to Answer In Progress’ awesome “joke below the fold” - I always scroll down to see them and always wanted to do this myself too):
How do trees access the internet?
They log in.
Find a way to use the word “log” in a comment to let me know you’re a real one ;)
oh god. "Daddy Bezos" is a meme! I thought I was all cool with a reference, and wow am I not cool. got it, no more of that 🥴
definitely keep doing it -- it's your personal style which is your differentiator. though for fairness sake, you should've snuck in a papa musk somewhere.
Please don't stop! The montage in the beginning and that phrase absolutley killed me. I'm still chuckling a few hours later tbh.
I thought it was funny haha
No, it was cool of you to add that, you have to also make your videos a little bit relatable and entertaining. So memes prove to be a good option there.
I enjoyed it. Keep being you!
I strongly endorse the cat internet concept. This was so good cleo, your excitement comes through and it makes it SO fun to learn alongside you.
Can we have cats delivering videos of meme cat videos delivering the internet. 🤯
The internet is a series of cats running through tubes
When is your video dropping?
to pay for mars
Cat News Network. 😂😂Love it.
As a tech nerd, this is a really important video for everyone in the world to see. ps. I hope my 5 year old daughter grows up to be as smart, articulate and curious as you. You're such an inspiration for the next generation. Don't ever stop making these videos. 👍
Right?! I can’t wait to share Cleo with my inquisitive toddler son once he’s a bit older. 😁
She also threw some subtle inaccurate shade at musk.
She said at the end of the video that Starlink is for the wealthy.
$2500 for the hardware and $250 per month is not expensive to your average American.
She’s becoming more and more far left. It’s rather annoying at this point.
you're not a tech nerd, you're a pretender
@@CC-iu7sq no she is correct. starlink aims for global availability, plus you are assuming based on your confirmation bias. Just because you and people around you can afford it, it does not mean that most americans can.
edit: also some friendly advice that is helpful for everyone, do not obsess over politics. All politicians do is lie and steal. Same goes for the ultrarich.
@@CC-iu7sq and speaking of elon's misdeeds you should watch j aubrey's expose on him to understand the kind of scammer he truly is
I'm genuinely impressed with your technical knowledge and how you're able to explain it in such an easy to understand way. So many journalists either can't or don't take the time to understand these things, and as a technical person I can usually pick holes in their explaination. You got this all spot on
The problem with Starlink and other space based internet systems is in order to get latency down to an acceptable level you have to have your satellites in low Earth orbit. Low Earth orbit means these satellites will have a very short life expectancy of just a few years as their orbits decay and they burn up or crash back to Earth. The means you must replace tens of thousands of satellites every few years to keep it up and running. Undersea cables last a minimum of 25 years.
Can they have thrusters to keep them in orbit?
@@Freddy18w yes, its how the ISS stayed in orbit for so long, OP is wrong here, satellites stay a very long time in LEO.
low earth orbit also makes the satelittes more vulnerable to damage from solar activity
in India we are lucky to have better faster and cheaper internet in every corner of country currently jio is currently giving 1gbps on mobile network is very wide area of range and 500-350mbps in most of country by other providers so i guess if government institute and corporate institute work together in compitatative environment where monopoly is no existing we get good internet ❤😊
You don't need to be near earth to do low latency..... Starling is polluting our space. You really have to stop giving money to that Ponzi schemer Elon . Wake up!
The fact that you literally give a free lecture on such topics like this one is incredible. Thank you so much for your research, your content and presentation. So many people can benefit from this and might even start doing some research on their own. You rock Cleo!
You paid with your time.
Go put that comment in a MIT open courseware video. Seriously
seriously, is this the first tutorial you watch on youtube?
Agreed. I watched one video and subscribed. Great quality and coverage
I would not really classify this as a lecture. More like fun facts entertainment
Watching this from Zambia, on a new Starlink. Just a massive, massive difference
Is mufasa there? Did u have the elephant cooling meeti gs today?
But seriously. Why dont space x etc serve say china with unscencored inrernet? Will they shoot dowm the satellites?
What is it like on it
One of those geek types here, just wanted to compliment you on your ability to make the fundamentals grock-friendly to lay people.
Over my 40 year career I learned to explain how an X-ray is created or how an MRI works in a manner that a 10 year old can understand, and that’s a completely separate skill set from the geekdom itself!!
Good job, and I learned a few things from you here myself…thanks!
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I absolutely loved this video. I'm getting an actual internet connection after 3 years (moving away from mom and dad's for the first time post college). Internet infrastructure is such a huge talking point for the rural community I've been living in.
This video hit the nail on the head. Cool video Cleo! 😃
I live in the woods of north Canada, I have satellite internet, not musk, cuz his crap sucks power like a junkie sucks up crack. My internet is fast and pulls 30w router and wifi.. musk junk pulls 100w and costs way more and it is not reliable. I did have to cut a few trees, but that was for the solar panels, not directly for satellite. What provider do you use, and how is it working for you?
@@larryscarr3897 Oh, I just moved to a bigger city, so I'm using a bigger provider now. But for my folks, some of them are using a 5G hot spit device that's working incredibly well for them.
As an avid fan of your content AND an astrophotographer, thank you for mentioning one of the downsides of Starlink! Greatly appreciated.
You're not wrong, but it seems as if this downside of Starlink often is exaggerated. Starlink and SpaceX have been in talks with top Professional astronomers and have left them pleased. They cited that some amateur astronomers might still be unhappy, but the International Professional community is pleased. Some of the changes that have been made to the Satellites was the new coating or exterior shell which would reflect much less light, as well as altering its angling towards the earth. Another thing Important to mention is the fact that Starlink Satellites are much less reflective once reaching final orbit, with most of cited photos and videos being the weeks following the launch and hence when they arent in position. Hope this clears up some of the misconceptions.
Personally I don't worry about Starlink, I worry about Kuiper
@@sebastianorye2702 As an astrophotographer and Starlink user I too am interested in this problem. And I am curious as to why it is felt that this will affect amateurs more than professionals? I have not heard this, nor that that professional astronomers are now happy. Can you tell me where to read more about this?
Even in final orbit and with less reflective paint, I can't imagine any astrophotographer not recording the satellite trails.
On the other hand, I must say that I have NOT seen an increase yet in satellite trails in my images. But I think that it is just a matter of time.
why so?@@snuffeldjuret
@@yw6602 because they haven't demonstrated that they care as much.
Cleo, awesome video(s)! Love your enthusiasm, research, and production! I actually worked on cable ships for years and it is great to see some cool video about how it all fits together!
Thank you!
That cat drawing almost made me cry. Humans are am. The joy you bring to learning echoes my own which I find so rarely and it is so beautiful to see shining out in the wilds of RUclips. Thank you for researching creating and thanks to your team. Please keep up the fantastic work.
Incredible work as always Cleo, perfectly timed as well as I’ve been hearing more and more about this recently!
Cleo, you're truly gifted, and you obviously work very hard (production value and presentation: off the charts). I'm amazed that your great lessons don't have millions of views.
I don't know how this happened, but I've only recently stumbled across this channel. Like, within the last few days.
I absolutely love it. Love how accessible you make the nerdy stuff I enjoy to consume!
A small correction: do not confuse the term 'bandwidth' with 'throughput', because they are different from each other. Bandwidth is the range in (radio) frequency where a radiowave can operate, e.g.: your WiFi signal is a 5 GHz signal with a bandwidth of 20 MHz (this means that the frequency of your signal is between 4.98 GHz and 5.02 GHz). Throughput is the number of bits that you can send within a time period (e.g. 100 Mbps, 100 mega bits per second).
I love how Cleo puts everything in her head all together in an organised, bitable and fun-to-learn videos! 😄
This guy gets it.
But she never covered why these companies are doing it. Why are they launching all of these satellites into orbit when it could not possibly make a profit and the vast majority of people in underserved, remote areas could not possibly afford the high cost of Starlink.
Hopefully it won't result in Kessler Syndrome.
Cleo: "internet is a marvel of human ingenuity"
Me (former network engineer for multiple ISPs): "the internet is a marvel of duct tape and wd40 on the levels of Macgyver and the formation of English language as a whole"
wtf
@@shefchenko111 the words, "didn't expect it to be this big" come up way too often in the world of internet. So everyone had to Frankenstein their way to what it is now.
Could you expand on that please? Computer science is a hobby of mine. How much old legacy equipment is still up and running? are any good books to read on the history of internet infrastructure. I understand it started as ARPANET.
@@LiquidReality90 not a question I have ever had. I don't have any books you could read. Plainly though, previous work place rolled 20 year old Cisco's as "new" and those are replacing something even older. It's a truly staggering amount of EOL hardware out there. In ISP and networking as a whole.
This is true for every isp I have contacts in too.
Which makes it a bigger marvel of ingenuity.
Great video Cleo. Clear, concise and at the optimum level of detail to understand the state of the transmission tech and the issues with each alternative. I live on my sailboat and am tracking Starlink’s growth. I’ll be likely to purchase it when they sort out their pr icing plans for recreational boaters. PS: I recently slipped my boat at Port Covington Marina in Baltimore, “next door” to the Subcom cable laying company. Fascinating technology.
We were very glad of Starlink in NZ a few months ago when floods took out many bridges carrying the fibre cables...it was a life saver.
This a well made video... you're presenting info as if it's new to both of us but you're so clear and fluid that I suspect you actually honestly understand all of this yourself amd that makes the presentation 2x better
Huge fan of your work, the way the information is laid out... you're a gem ! I thank you so much for your efforts and of your team. Greatly appreciated!
I haven't bought starlink. But when my family threatened our internet provider that we would change to starlink because fibre was not available, they proceeded to install fiber in our location. It has already made an impact!
The fiber was probably already there...ATT installed fiber long before Google fiber was available.
@@sgholt no. I can say there was not fiber, because it took 6 months since we made the call. We do know the local technicians. Its Portugal not the US. Small country, we know even the workers. Rural locations got mass fibre introduction since starlink made its way into the Portuguese market.
I have a telecommunications bachelor degree and I loved how you summarized modulation! Thanks for sharing this knowledge and captivate everyone.
This is awesome. I love how you put the concepts in a nutshell and are very easy to grasp. Loving your work Cleo!
I'm watching this over several layered VPNs from China. I've wondered a time or two how many of those cables I'm using at any given time. Love your channel and your general outlook. Great content. Thanks for choosing to create it!
Love your educational fun vids Cle! Super entertaining and insightful! I worked on RF systems for years, which transmit digital signals. You explained it great!
So much Info packed into one Vid, Well done. Subscribed.
Five or six videos in, this is already my favorite educational channel. The rationally optimist point of view, the high quality research and... Cleo. Your vibe uplifts me every time. So awesome. Thank you.
Great video and simple explanation of the differences between the different types of internet "transmission" options available. The low-orbit satellites finally made sense to me. Great job.
Over the last year the monthly cost for my Starlink has dropped from 100€ to 80€ to now only 65€. This is nearly equal to the cost of my local provider but with 10 times the speed.
I have a lot of background on this. And Cleo - this is the first deep dive gets the story right and balanced. Fantastic work! ❤
I love how ~10 min of the video was focused on building up, by showing the existing infra - this is what makes this video (and the channel!) different from other videos that are just “this would be so cool” speculations, with little to gain from them, until the thing actually happens. This video, on the other hand, taught me quite a bit in a span of ~10 min (that I didn’t appreciate before, for sure) before going on to making fact-based predictions. Love the editing choice here. Thanks, Cleo :)
This is exactly the comment I was hoping for when I made this video! I'm so so glad it was helpful.
@@CleoAbram Yes, it’s edge of the chair intensity from beginning to end. The build up is remarkable.
I've had Starlink for months and it's awesome!! It replaced my rural 12Mb DSL with a 285Mb internet firehose connection that handles 10 devices effortlessly. We stream everything with no data caps. Elon is my Hero.
That sounds great! Can I ask, how much does it cost?
You need MUCH better heroes.
@@ross-carlson Richest guy in the world with a sense of humor works for me
The moment Elon advocated free speech, some Americans who worshipped him started to dislike him. And most of the US media houses started running negative articles about him.
@@robertallenmcdowell I mean this aged poorly 10 years before it was even posted, but it's even more rotten now. I love it.
I just LOVE your content, Cleo. They way you explain such complex themes in such a simple way is a big accomplishment all by itself. But the thing that actually makes me come back to your channel is that you give me a feeling of hope for the future. Amidst all the fearmongering, you are a ray of light. Thank you for that!
Thank you Cleo.
Tip-top content, seriously appreciated.
Love your Channel and your teams dedication to high quality.
May you all live long and prosper.
Girl your videos are amazing! The passion and knowledge just jumps out of the screen and it's so fun to watch. Keep up the great work that you've been doing.
For my rural location, bringing fiber to the house is approximately $15,000. Starlink cost $500. Speed is fast and latency is low. If the house has "defensible space" for wildfire, then Starlink is not obstructed by trees.
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I don't know how I found this channel but thanks for being generally excited to be a curious human being. You are a great host!
not me watching this while connected to my starlink 😭 hello from australia
What an awesome video! Your excitement about the subject really draws me intro the video.
Btw, I'm watching this video through Starlink internet. It's awesome. I live in rural Spain, completely off grid, our local ISP could only get us 30/5Mbps, not terrible, but my wife and I both work from home, so it's not enough. Both on a zoom meeting, forget about it, downloading a couple of GB in footage, well we'll get there eventually. But now everything is super fast. It's not cheap, so I would not reccomend it to everyone, but if you have a need for it, don't hesitate. It's really good.
As an Electrical Engineer, this video was a delight to watch. Extremely well presented. Thank you !!
I's crazy how you Cleo tell us the information I learned years ago, yet you make it YOUR way, and here I am watching it, giving you money essentially for free. Crazy how your job is to tell us information we already know (or isn't indispensable) and yet you still make money off if it. Hats off to you for finding and exploiting this loophole.
You’re extremely skilled at what you do, and how you convey your information. I enjoy learning from you!
Great video! You have a unique way of thoroughly explaining all the details while keeping it lighthearted.
I agree with most points about this, however Astronmers complaining about this also needs to take into account why this is needed, yes it's blocking your view of the stellar objects, but it is also needed for rural and regional residents of many countries, In situations like Natural disasters. During the 2019 fires in australia I was on satalite internet and that was my only source of getting reliable data to keep me and my mother safe. My phone was unable to get signals due to the smoke, but the satalite was able to pick up the internet thus keeping me always informed about what was going on. There needs to be agreements and information sharing between all parties when it comes to this, and I'm also of the opinion that we need to start moving asteroid/meteor tracking into orbit and potentially the moon, this is really the only way we'll be able to keep most parties happy in this regard.
Additionally I am on starlink now and I honestly couldn't be happier with the service I'm getting, it's the most reliable internet I have ever gotten. occasional cutouts and downs but realitively tolerable.
My mate in Tassie loves it, raves about it. We play online games together, and he gets better pings than I do, in Sydney!
So nice to have a professional journalist making quality videos. I’m enjoying the heck out of this channel.
Asteroid impact happens to people who haven't commercialized asteroids. People are always very quick to think that a new technology is going to compeletly replace the other technology, but I don't think that we'd find ourselves in a situation where we weren't utilizing both. However, on the other hand, it seems like you have to try to carve out a share of the internet server business to make Starlink feasible for supplying people who haven't internet in rural areas. If it is quicker and cheaper, it will replace the cables, but I don't think that it will ever be feasible to provide a service which requires soo much infrastructure and effort at no cost. My focuse isn't on lowering the cost of everything. I'm more interested in actually benefitting from the internet and the ability to communicate with people around the world. If it's TikTok, it's counter productive is every way. Costly carbon emission down the line, but if the internet is good for growing economy, improving communication, not taking at people but communication, and leads to better opportunities to earn significantly more money than one would spend for the internet, it's something that, if fairly priced, would be purchased by the public because it benefits them.
Africa's priority is not the internet. They still haven't got fresh, clean, lettuce or running water. A select few African would benefit from Hughes Net, and it's not a problem that their internet connection is slow. As more and more Africans get jobs, and get bank accounts, and have direct deposit and bills and taxes to pay from their phone, then Starlink! I'm as hopeful for a bright day as anyone else, but for poor people, the internet is not what it is for a techie! The internet could be more counterproductive and debilitating for a poor person who wants to use it to make money ingesting soap, than they would have been getting a job installing the city's sewer. If we prioritize the internet, we will have no way to observe asteroids, people in Africa will want the internet for free, and they still won't have water.
Truly astonishing, but so is the resemblance with preceding technologies. Fiber optic cables are kind of a light speed, light based telegraph, as much as a nuclear power plant still relies on steam.
I love how informative your videos are, keep it up!!!
i watched this via Starlink which i've been using for the better part of 2 years, and it's comparible to most peoples fiber in speed and stability. Customer since May 2021. As a Software Engineer it was a life saver when my work switched to full time work from home during the pandemic, and i was previously relying on hughesnet and a shoddy hotspot.
Thanks to all of this the ground based providers, which can still provide it with faster speeds and cheaper are getting around to running cable, finally.
I stumbled across this video... and liked the entire channel. So informative and practical.
Liked subscribed and commented here 😄
This is some really great content. I feel like it exemplifies what good the internet and RUclips can be used for.
Soooo good Cleo! Would also love to learn more about what happened recently with the solar storm that knocked out a bunch of Starlink satellites...something about them being in too low of an orbital path
That would be as relevant as including discussions about ship anchors ripping up telecom cables from the ocean floor (which happens from time to time).
The solar storm heated the atmosphere a bit, causing it to expand enough to cause increased drag on a group of recently-launched satellites that hadn't reached their final orbit altitude yet. They didn't have enough thrust available to move higher to their destination altitude, and so wound up "de-orbited" by the drag. It was unfortunate, but not in any way a relevant plot point in the broader narrative about satellite-based Internet service.
Very interesting video regarding satellite internet services. Speaking as a nerd, this video focused almost solely on layer 1 in the OSI 7 layer reference model, where the internet service providers offers layer 1-3 while 4-7 are being used by the internet customers themselves for peer to peer communication. By the way, remember that there of needs to be the same infrastructure on land plus customer access network as the sea infrastructure. Fun fact, the fiber optic cable shown is a double layer cable, which are only used for parts of the cable route where additional reinforcement are needed. Normally at the deep seas, single layer reinforcement are used, since less reinforcement costs less.
your videos are pretty funny for me -- cause what i thought was this was all general information, and knowning some of the topics, the analogies/simplifications you draw make me smile. Happy to see you're helping bridge the general knowledge gap. To add to the stability problem you mentioned: space weather (such as solar flares or thick clouds within the propogation path) in addition to other blockages. Not to mention the space junk in orbit (be it satellites crashing into them, adding to the space junk as the tech is improved).
I feel like a lot of the problems that satellite internet providers are trying to solve would be better solved by forcing ISPs to actually expand their coverage or better yet for municipal broadband to expand ground-based internet coverage. There are also things like fixed-point wireless internet services and 5G that can expand ground-based coverage without needing to build out fiber optic cables everywhere.
Yes. The U.S. for example, could start by not letting the sole commercial fibre provider in an area sue municipalities who try to set up their own fibre for their own communities. It's not unusual in certain areas of the U.S. that you can't get cheap fibre because the governments and courts have decided that it must be a monopoly owned by a private company.
Probably even more helpful would be a bit of regulation to make the market more free and open. Don't allow companies that provide local loops to provide Internet access (or even own ISPs), but instead make them sell the local loop service on an equitable basis to separate ISPs. Here in Japan I have only two choices of where to get my fibre local loop (NTT or Usen, both about $50/month), but on NTT I have a choice of more than two dozen ISPs, ranging from $5/month consumer services to $75/month business services that give me eight static IP addresses intended to be used for hosting servers. We don't have any "net neutrality" laws or even discussion here because any ISP that starts trying to limit their customers' access will quickly find their customers moving to another ISP.
It's ironic that it's in the more "socialist" countries that you actually get market competition in this area (and others), and in the U.S. you too often don't.
@@Curt_SampsonCapitalism is about killing the competition, some times literally
starlink's plans are incredibly ambitious with the sheer quantity of satellites they plan to launch and the company going into massive debt to launch a fraction of them. while the cost to the consumer is low-ish now (I'd still say that $100/mo is prohibitively high if you're trying to market it as a global, inequality-liberating vehicle) the price will go wayyyyy up to subsidize further launches, let alone pay off the accelerating debt the company is taking on.
if you sacrificed latency you could accomplish much higher global internet coverage with a one-thousandth of the satellites. also you can't deny that a project of this scale has thousands upon thousands of points of failure that are literally in space. ultimately I'd say that it is too expensive and risky to be effective at what it claims to
42000 satellites replaced every 5 years ,,,
as an old person i may not understand it all but having satellites make it easier for hackers ?
@@wayne-kj4iw that probably isn't a major concern honestly, I think physical issues are what's the worst
Just a few counterpoints: Spacex has the lowest launch costs of any launch provider in the world, and as time goes on, the current price of Starlink will turn a profit.
Each of these satellites are not single points of failure, but points of redundancy.
Finally, the expense is borne privately, with no taxpayer commitment, so the financial risk is borne by those who believe it's worth the gamble (unlike Oneweb).
@@Geosquare8128 aren’t you just a ray of sunshine.
My freind jason here did a good job explaining why you have no idea what you are talking about in a quick summary. If you have any objections then please reply to me and Jason. ( :
Thanks dream debunker guy 👍
I love how you explain these concepts. I even enjoy how you stumble into the paid promotions.Please keep them coming Cleo xxx
I saw the starlink train for the first time last night just South of Boston in the US. It was 3 mins of ABSOLUTE CRAZYNESS. To see 30ish perfectly spaced illuminated satellites go over head silently has to be the closest thing to a UFO encounter.
My new favorite routine: eating lunch while watching a new episode of Huge if True. Awesome video! This one is so timely and fascinating!
Thank you very much Cleo for such amazing content. Hats off to your research and work ethic
You have this awesome ability to make really detailed and difficult concepts easy for the common person. It’s a great skill to own. I’m hooked.
The fist video of your I’ve watched, incredibly good, definitely subscribing.
Waited for this one for a long time, and finally it’s here.
I think the Internet has become a fundamental right of people these days. Compared to five-six years ago, the Internet was unaffordable. But, today, I can’t imagine that we’re getting cheap internet access here in India.
A great video, and kudos to you for your research.
Journalism at its best! 👏🏻❤️
Amazing content Cleo! Very eager to see you grow and share more videos like these. We really appreciate it :-)
This was so interesting. I'm new to your channel and I'm happy you popped up on my feed. Appreciate your work, thanks for sharing. Liked & Subscribed!!!
Hi, I just stumbled upon your video on egg freezing and thought to check out your other videos. Absolutely, mindblowing and eye-opening video this one is. Thanks for sharing! Btw, your passion shines through the screen. Love it, lady!
I wish you addressed the cost of Starlink from a user perspective. The transceiver costs hundreds of US dollars up front and a high monthly subscription fee($500 upfront for the basic unit; $2500 for the high speed unit + $500 monthly fee). Far too expensive for poor families in the developing world. Sure expenses will drop over time but it’s a serious piece of equipment.
Also the transceiver uses a lot of electricity which is nonexistent or in short supply in many rural communities. The required electricity infrastructure (ignoring building new power plants etc) that needs to be installed for starlink to be accessible for many families means we should consider the comparative cost of installing traditional internet cables or increasing 4/5G cell tower infrastructure which already has fast, reliable internet.
Developing countries already have increasingly wipe spread 3G towers since most people have cellphones already. Laptops are an uncommon luxury but also not required for most modern internet usage. Having a starlink transceiver at home is in fact limiting to individual mobility since you can only access internet on its limited wifi range. Instead, cell tower infrastructure enables seamless internet access a large region enabling the individual more freedom to move around for work, school, etc.. Considering cell tower infrastructure is being installed regardless in developing countries, why not put the investment there. It’s far more effective at broad access to everyone in a region.
I don’t think people realize how expensive and energy grid reliant starlink transceiver units are or how limited their range is (it’s just wifi). Many think you can connect directly to the internet satellites
Thank you!! I was going through the comments, astounded that no one had mentioned this.
What a truly remarkable video loved it... to be honest I feel that these questions are very much asked like how does the satellite know the waves and how is it changed to light... these binary waves and emissions intrigued all...many questions I feel are and might be unanswered like is there a point where space ends or the scientists from an Era where colonialism was seen as the future invent so many great thing but ya I hope these get answered one day and I hope it is explained easily by people like you... love from India
Hello from Switzerland, well explained and generally understandable, maybe fewer people are afraid that they have deleted the internet 😂.
We in Switzerland have fiber optic connections at least in the cities, but also quite a lot even in smaller, rural towns (10 Gbit/s upload/download for only around $45 per month). In this respect we can be happy, especially since the mobile data network is quite well developed.
I recently saw fiber optics being laid in the US, in the example across a road, a cut about 15 25 cm deep in the asphalt, push cables in and close with repair asphalt. Fast and inexpensive; but sorry, as soon as the road is torn up for a tarpaulin or someone else digs a hole, the probability that the cable will be damaged should not be small. I don't understand why you don't take a little more money and do it right, sustainably and reliably.
As you mentioned, Starlink & co makes sense where there is no or only poor infrastructure for the Internet, and then relocating the satellites according to the situation is also a clever idea.
When it comes to the speed of data exchange between the satellites, however, you have to take into account that it may be faster than via fiber optic cable (because of the vacuum in space), but somehow the data should come back to earth, where, as is well known, there is no vacuum, so, in the end this exchange is incidental, since it is irrelevant for the users as such. An attempt is made here to turn a possible defect into a sales argument, because the exchange would not be necessary at all if the satellites always had a connection to their earthly Internet connection; if this is missing, it will be compensated via one of the other satellites. This is advantageous for the end user because he should always have a connection, but insignificant in terms of speed.
Cleo Im a bit late but You are very good at this, I complement all your hard work, this was very impressive & kept my attention thank you.
Before there was the internet, lumberjacks were logging on trees all day.
As someone who has lived rurally for a large chunk of my life, I can safely say that there is no internet company or tech firm that actually wants to service rural or poor areas. It always takes huge government monies and incentives to make happen - hence why global south countries don't have decent, or in some cases any, internet.
There is more to this "race" than the press releases are telling us.
What's more to it here? They are leveraging their expertise in launching satellites to create a reliable internet infrastructure and make money doing it....All these head scratching sceptism about the most basic things is tiring...It only displays moronic stupidity.
@@damilareowosangba7864, for someone accusing others of stupidity, it appears you aren't able to read a comment and do the lateral reading before responding.
@@tim290280 yeah do the lateral reading.,🙄🙄..Ode
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@@ayobamikale is he not an Ode? 🤣🤣
Your content is so well crafted. It is easy to understand and follow. Thank you for your content from a new subscriber 🎉
You did an exceptional job explaining complex technology make it simple and fun! This is a gift
A really great start to a video and amazing follow through ☺️
As a postdoc researcher in networking engineering, this video is amazing! Great work 💫
thank you so much!! means a lot, as an absolutely-no-education-in-network-engineering, to hear that someone like you likes it!
@@CleoAbram nice sarcasm. :D "u do phd, i do youtube. wassup beta!" style.
Thank you for your positive, yet not naive, reporting on fascinating topics. This was enjoyable to watch.
YOU ARE AWESOME @cleoabram, There is too much information about how things go wrong that we need to balance it with the hope, and you are the shining star in that area, hope more people joins you in this race. We need more hope nor dispair. lot of respect and love, Deepak Shakya, India
A quick side note. At 7:19 Subaru Starlink is not the same as the Elon Musk Starlink. Subaru Starlink is more like GMs OnStar. It gives the capability to contact emergency support and whatnot. It's been around since 2015ish but don't quote me on that. My 2017 Subaru Outback has it. At least part of it uses cellular service. I recently received a notice that the 3G portion is obsolete and if I wanted to retain service I would need to upgrade the hardware to switch to 4G.
Was an RF engineer for a few years. I think you did a fantastic job of explaining modulation/how waves become binary code! It’s so complicated that I, a professional with an extremely good understanding of this topic, left the industry only two years ago, and when I see how much has changed in that short time I’m just 🤯
Another great video. Love how you explain complex subjects.
While light does indeed travel faster in vacuum than in a fiber, meaning lower latency, you still have to account for the latency that's introduced with processing the signals by the satellites which is way higher than in a simple repeater plugged to two fiber cables.
My biggest concern about widespread satellite-based internet access is the long-term problem putting that much infrastructure into orbit causes. Specifically thinking of the Kessler Syndrome that some are saying is already beginning to take effect. Launching thousands of lower-orbit satellites compounds that problem. It would be great if there was a way to take care of obsolete or broken satellites beyond "hoping they fall out of orbit and at worst land in the ocean without hitting anything else" but it's nowhere close to a fool-proof plan and to this point there doesn't seem to be much in the way of efforts put towards addressing it.
I am all for making high-speed internet access very nearly a human right and available globally to all people who want it and can afford it, but not at the cost of our own ability to look at the stars and actually be able to reach other planets and distant locations in space.
"Kessler Syndrome that some are saying is already beginning to take effect."
That is because some less caring countries shoot down satellites in high orbits though, not because of low earth orbit com sats.
"if there was a way to take care of obsolete or broken satellites beyond "hoping they fall out of orbit and at worst land in the ocean without hitting anything else""
They take care of themselves when they are that low in LEO, and they are designed to burn up in the atmosphere, so it doesn't matter where they de-orbit.
"but not at the cost of our own ability to look at the stars and actually be able to reach other planets and distant locations in space."
If those up there today doesn't stop you from doing that, they won't in the future.
“Daddy Bezos” 😭😂😂😂😭🥵
Amazing! It made me understand how the internet travels in a very simple and precise way. Thanks Cleo!!
I have never met a better explained video in my entire life. This is fantastic content. 👌👏
At 12:15, it is a common misconception that Starlink currently uses Inter-Satellite-Link (ISL). It is a long-term goal for them and the ISL capable satellites are in development and test, but SpaceX has been very quiet about that ongoing development. Instead, current generation Starlinks bounce a signal from a nearby ground station to your local user terminal (Dishy). Ground station availability is a major consideration in Starlink availability.
That's pretty cool too
"Shotwell confirmed SpaceX’s previous statements that the polar-orbiting satellites, which will fly in a north-south track around Earth, will have inter-satellite laser links. The laser communication terminals were aboard the 10 Starlink satellites launched into a polar orbit Jan. 24."
@@snuffeldjuret Exactly, 10 satellites out of the close to 2,000 on orbit have this capability. It is still very much in the testing phase.
@@CaptainScuwr I don't think you contest what she is saying. She talks about "could".
Good video!. I just have one thing to say, I think you should also mention the ongoing effort by SpaceX to mitigate the Astronomer complaint.
They have been actively working with the Astronomer to address this issue since the beginning and continue in doing so. Like painting the satellite dark (too hot, failed), equipping a sun visor to each satellite to reduce its visibility, turning off the satellite transmission when passing a sensitive radio telescope.
Her liberal self won’t allow her to do that. She and Johnny Harris are doing a good job for the Democratic Party on RUclips by pushing the liberal agenda 👏🏽👏🏽
@@realestatecoachestv The Democratic party is not "liberal", that's an insult to real, Roman ideals. No American party cares about liberty or freedom, America is a theocratic dictatorship and has been since 1954.
(This is from experience, I have lived very remotely and know the struggle to get internet to the middle of nowhere)
Bringing internet to the "4 billion people who don't have access to the internet" is not an ability issue.
It's a money issue (which is one of the reasons these billionaires don't seem to get it)
In, say, Nigeria, the minimum wage is about the equivalent of 65 USD per month, and starlink, in Nigeria is 42 USD per month, with a 585 USD upfront cost.
Do people really think that the Nigerians without internet have enough disposable income that the only thing impeding their access to the internet is availability?
Fck no, it's cost,
And at their wages, it doesn't matter how cheap you make it, it won't be cheap enough. (you need to decrease the wealth inequality instead)
If they could afford internet, they would have laid those lines long ago
The thing is, they can afford neither land lines, sea lines, or space connections.
And laying cables to a lot of smaller remote communities... is a problem that is already fixed.
Any place where you can get phone service, you can get wireless internet.
i know this because i have used these solutions, both back in the day when you needed a special device for it, and the modern times when you can just tether from your phone.
But what if you are just that remote that there isn't even cell service?
well, for those cases you already had existing satellite internet providers.
And again, i have experience with this.
Neither of these options at this time in tech is high bandwith, low latency
But do you really think that those "4 billion" people care?
Look, your demand of "must be able to stream 4k Netflix without a hitch"
Their standard for internet is "wtf is netflix" and "wtf is 4k"
The only thing they care about is can i afford ANY INTERNET AT ALL on 65$ a month?
THAT is the issue
And until we fix THAT issue, no one who isn't connected to the internet is going to care about some billionaire adding more and different options for them not to be able to afford that internet.
And honestly, existing satellite services are better serving those who ask "can i afford internet" by not asking a monthly fee, but offering pre-paid plans.
Which, if you need to send an email, or register on a government website, or whatever... THAT is a cost these people could maybe afford.
And as an update on Ukraine: Elon Musk the generous tech entrepreneur, and the real life tony stark
Turned out to be a gatekeeper on who does and does not have access to the internet, and blackmailed Ukrainians whose lives depended on this.
Thankfully the guy depends on hype and good vibes for his fortunes, and when there was massive backlash, they reversed course, although they did still limit what it could be used for.
So much for "they can just shake their fist at the sky"
So the argument that it could "prevent governments from blocking access to internet" is moot, because now there is a tech billionaire gatekeeper who gets to decide the same thing.
And countries like Russia apparently have enough leverage on these tech billionaires to make them think about who and for what purpose people get internet.
After years of no Internet at my home and that cellular service, I now have Starlink and has changed my world! my daughter now has Internet to do her online classwork as well when we had no other options.
Fun fact: a megabit (Mb) is actually exactly 10^6 bits, while a mebibit (Mib) is 2^20 bits (the number that converter gave). Colloquially they're often both referred to as Mb/megabit, but it is an important distinction for many technical details.
No, the converter was actually perfectly correct. The base-10 vs base-2 (mega vs mebi) is real and painful, but usually only applies to data _storage_ - that is, drives. There, they will say megabyte and mean a million bytes instead of (the more useful, computer-wise) 1024 kibibytes (which in turn is in turn, of course, 1024 bytes). In communications technology (like Internet bandwidth) however, mega means the same as mebi (rendering the latter redundant and unused). That is not to say that they don't "cheat" you in other ways, as they're notably giving you the number as a multiple of _bits_ and not the generally more useful _bytes_ (8 bits), in part because it inflates the numbers; also, there is often a hidden overhead from the underlying communications protocols that renders the _effective_ bitrate somewhat less.
@@mnxshahahhaha yes. The actual speed in mbps you get is usually a 10th of what's advertised.
Thanks for the video, although Musk has said he needed Starlink for communication on mars and that earth was just the first step. It’s a much bigger play than just cheap internet for him at least.
𝟷𝟼𝟼𝟿𝟸𝟻𝟹𝟼𝟹𝟷𝟶♥️
Same thing with The Boring Company, practicing drilling for Mars.
I love your use (or your media team's use) of Tony Anderson's 'Halo' Just after the 7 minute 30 second mark! That album is one of my favorites!!❤
You doing the work to figure out how they lay the lines super deep is impressive details like that are awesome.
You Cleo are such an incredible presenter of all thing geeky 👍. You relate incredibly detailed information in such a way that is beneficial to us all and delivered in a style that is wonderfully entertaining to follow while making it understandable to us. Thank you for all that you give, your efforts are well appreciated. Well worth subscribing to your channel, cheers.
This is great! There are a lot of people in rural US alone who struggle with the digital divide. I can only imagine how long it would take for the rest of the world to catch up without this technology.
u know, there has been sat internet for many years now.
@@BeachLookingGuy Hughesnet and its competitors are a pale imitation of actual broadband. There's no such thing as real time communication due to the latency, so it's completely ineffective for working from home, which is what will probably be the main driver of rural economic development via Starlink to begin with. We struggled to run a business using cellular internet due to the limited speed in our area. If we'd had to rely on Hughesnet, we wouldn't have been able to submit the forms the government only accepted via internet simply due to website timeouts.
Current satellite internet is on the wrong side of the digital divide.
@@nunyabusiness9433 right so you think it’s sustainable to just launch thousands upon thousands of satellites for eternity so rural areas can have decent internet access?
@@BeachLookingGuy It doesn't matter if I do. They do, and they know more about it than you or I. I do know, having been on the wrong side of the digital divide, that the benefits we will gain from it world wide will be massively worth it, even at its current high cost.
@@nunyabusiness9433 aww c’mon bro just think, it’s not that hard. Is launching thousands upon thousands of satellites for niche internet sustainable?
I like that she explains everything so detailed that even a person without any technical background could understand😳 Love the video!
It is not detailed. Quite the opposite. She equated the internet to the cables that carry the signals between continents. There is so much more than that to the internet.
@@peircedan exactly
Thanks for video it really puts some of the things I studied in ccna in a more practical than theoretical sense