I got a deal on NordVPN about a year ago for a 3 year contract for $128 which I calculated as $3.16 a month. I've only had trouble with it because my bank won't recognize some of their servers. I got Nord to give me a list of usable servers and I've had no more trouble getting into my banking app without having to pause it. Since I don't watch Netflix or any of the other systems I've never tried to see if that part of it works. I'm very happy with them and I think everyone should use a VPN. I wonder if they can stop the ransome ware people?
Great introduction to "satcom." Starlink is hardly alone but by far the most ambitious absolutely. More importantly is how data is collected, stored and preserved which is what gives rise to "artifical intelligence" or less of a need for communication systems in the first instance meaning simply replacing the telephone line or any wide bandwidth service with a computer and giving an equal if not vastly superior product...meaning no communication system needed period beyond periodic updates such that we can A: focus on doing our jobs (station keeping of the ship, etc) but most importantly B: interacting with our fellow human beings, communing with nature, writing a book, planting some flowers, going for a swim etc In other words the purpose of all this is to give joy to one's life and living...and of course hopefully to all of those around you as we well, become more developed as a human being. "We want these Ships"(and they are ships) "to be filled with joie de vivre."
@@lettersandnumbersuc you’re posting your ridiculous comment on a video made by someone who’s worked with satellite technology for 20 years. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts, and you never wrote one fact.
Bravo, that was probably the most precise description of Starlink I've seen from a youtuber (much better than even the "mobile internet" channel which is clueless.)
Dang, the way you describe the internet service availability, reminds me of the time before satellites, when we [on the US West Coast] had to rely on Radio station KMI for ship-to-shore telephone calls
Two reasons are keeping StarLink in the lead. Elon says their electronics is leading edge while all other satellite operators use older space hardened electronics which is has less capacity and speed. Elon says its a risk that they took. Knowing him, they will quickly adapt to fix any issues. Second is SpaceX's lower cost of access to space because of their reusable rockets.
What a great commentary on the future of this technology. Very well presented. Your discussion was easy to follow and digest. Things like this are awesome to hear about. Thank you!
Your video, explained perfectly on how this system, and the physics related to satellite internet communications, and services on the internet that I have ever seen thus far, and I was in the business at one time. Bravo Sir! BTW, I plan to have Starlink on all my vessels.
Excellent video brother. You know, I was not even all that interested in Super Yachts. Dont get me wrong, I love seeing them and checking out the insane amenities, furnishings, sizes, etc., etc. of these beautiful ships,.even though I'll never have the resources to purchase even a remote control yacht. However, after viewing a number of your videos I am so pleased to say that because of your content along with the pleasant, knowledgeable and interesting way that you deliver your videos I am now becoming more and more of a Super Yacht fan as well as a boating fan in general. Thanks again for your inspiring videos and I look forward to viewing more. Have a great day.
I worked in the telecom field for 20 years. Starlink is going to have some huge problems in the future with infrastructure. The system described will work fine for a small amount of users, but as more people sign up, especially the number needed to keep the company afloat and in the black, it won't be able to handle the bandwidth for even a medium sized amount of users. Their satellite connectivity lasers are still in Beta like you said, but those lasers will have bandwidth issues as well but exponentially worse because each satellite will need to simultaneously connect to all the others in it's immediate area to provide a constant connection. (Right now, they can only connect to just 1 other.) What we can expect for years, if not a decade, is a system that sometimes works and has frequent outages and slower speeds sadly.
While this is directed to ships at sea it also applies to RVs and any other moving object on earth, planes, trains and even automobiles. This is the best description I’ve seen of Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet service currently in Beta and should be of interest to everyone. I predict that someday in the future you’re pocket phone will communicate with these LEO sats and cell towers will disappear. I hope I live long enough to see that.
Planes have their own wifi connections. This video has to do with boats in the middle of the ocean with tech unlike planes. Boats are on the surface of earth. Planes fly 30,000 ft above. They can receive signals more easily. A boat on the surface can not.
@@AngryBarns Speeds will improve on planes if they switch over, what have got now is not very fast and the gear now do cost so much money so that would improve also.
@@pistonburner6448 Anything is better then what planes use now. Starlink has a very high starting cost but can serve a lot of people. So the more people using it the cheaper it can be. But think they are starting at a loose and hoping they will make money when enough people use it.
@@pistonburner6448 From what info I have seen it's worse then most things. But kinda good at giving internet in the western parts of US, south America and some countries in Africa where there are no connection at all. It's might or might not be a scam, hard to make money on it for sure. But what planes use now are slow, high latency and breaks all the time and cost way to much to fix to be worth it. Only good thing it gives the airlines is that they can say they have wifi even if it doesn't work. Btw it's never good just attacking if you want anyone to listen to you.
The NordVPN ad was on topic, and considering all the free content you put out (and all the time you spend making said content) I’m cool with some ads. My only comment would be to somehow find a smoother way to transition to the ad. Anyways, another great video! Thanks, Joseph
10:40 What he is referring to is laser crosslinking capability between satellites and eventually Starlink's injection terminals. So while the constellation [itself] will be able to handle more data more efficiently, speeds will still be limited by end-user device (WiFi) capabilities.
Hey eSysman. We installed the RV system onboard our 48m yacht about 6 weeks ago and are experiencing the best internet service I’ve personally seen onboard yacht in the past 16 years! It’s seriously a game changer.
I would like to add that Starlink LEO satellites have a useful life of only 4-5 years, which would be very expensive to replace in lieu of the launch cost of each satellites. I would question the cheap hardware costs of Starlink.
Last week I installed a Starlink Gen 2 in a remote part of West Texas. Incredibly simple, took about 5 minutes to be up and running. Speed was blisteringly fast.
First off - you gave us data and concepts at an awesome pace. Thank you. Second - By 2023 (at the latest), Elon will be launching 400 sats at a time on StarShip.
I expected more about sea experiences but let me say yours’s the best explanation I ever seen on LEO´s internet service. English is not my native language, so I appreciate you have subtitles, I like you accent. Really enjoy the video!
That's an interesting explanation about Internet at sea. I have a small question which is probably showing my ignorance. You keep saying super yacht. I'm curious about merchant and navy ships, especially naval vessels. Do they use something different altogether? I can't imagine a navy warship not having a dedicated system.
This will give a huge boost to the whole yachting industry. If people can work and do business at sea of in my case trade the financial markets at sea there is no need to come home again.
I have installed communications for over a decade in government, commercial and residential, fiber optical cable, copper. To my knowledge very few have fiber to the residential household, currently maybe 40% in the US. Mostly the backbone of communications is fiber and then it's copper into the household. Love you channel keep up the good work.
Love your videos love to see the yacht shows in Monaco with the F1 race is going on love to see the yacht shows in Dubai and Abu Dhabi ....Please do more of these
I’ve got this in my garden, I know this will fit in any boat with a generator, probably 36ft or above. Only thing it’s waiting on is approval as it’s still beta so you can’t move the dish more than about 100 miles. But get approval and strap it on a gyro.
It's the nature of business to adapt or close down; however, usually the _first_ does not end up being the _best._ Regardless, as this technology and practice improve, it will be better for the end consumer.
A great explanation. And now really happy that I will be able to get an affordable ISP at sea. About $1 Million a year was the only thing putting me off buying a super yacht, or two..... Lol
I have a love for learning and I've learned much from you and your Channel about an industry I no very little about. I'm Grateful and appreciate all the hard work that must go into making one of your video's. Keep up the good fight. Thank you
Small clarification. Around 4:10 you say that GEO satellites have high latency, meaning they are slow. The time from when you click a link and content starts coming back to you is slow (latency). That's simply a factor of them being 35,900km away. But the bandwidth or speed at which the content is then sent is not necessarily slow. It can be extremely fast. What limits your bandwidth with a GEO satellite is that a GEO satellite will cover huge areas and their total capacity has to be split between everyone in that area. They could shut off bandwidth to others in your area and give it all to you and you would have a very fast connection. I'm not advocating for GEO, just clarifying why it's slow, because it's slow in two different ways. Source: I've been an investor in satellite internet.
I'm not so convinced that Starlink will provide the silver bullet. Thunderf00t did a pretty good analysis of the problems it will face ... particularly once user numbers go up. And although there won't be many users competing for bandwidth over the ocean, their data will still need to join the back of the queue when it makes landfall. In case you haven't seen Thunderf00t's video, here is the link: ruclips.net/video/zaUCDZ9d09Y/видео.html
I always tend to forget to smash the like button. Never do I forget with yours. I relish your reports. Thank you for your dedication video after video. You are consistently captivating.
@FairySox, by 1997, the fellow would have been worried, not about the viability of a print magazine, but about what he's going to do with the 100,000 blank CD-RAM discs on which he was going to distribute his company's media info.
One little historical note: The man who INVENTED the concept of geosynchronous satellites for communication was...science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark, creator of "2001" and other great works. In recompense they gave him his own uplink server so he could live in his favored Sri Lanka and send his stories back to his publishers in London quickly long before that was commonplace.
I was at cape Canaveral Air Force base as close as a person can get to the rockets when they take off (it was like 3 miles away) and I gotta say, holy shit it was amazing and now I get flashbacks every single time I see even just a video of space C’s rockets launching. Absolutely amazing to see that close and if anyone has access to the base then I highly recommend going to the patrol cars that block the area off and watch the rocket take off. Was awesome. I think the closest the general public can be is like 11 miles away and it ain’t that spectacular being 11 miles away. 3 miles though. Wow.
Well described. And those lads need to get worried, because even if they plan to do the same as what Starlink does, they can't compete on cost for bringing the satellites up there and maintaining the network. It does not get any cheaper, than Starlink sending them up on their already used and paid for rockets and fairings. Also, the speed of the inter-satellite connectivity has already tripled from the what was specified in the FCC design submission.
Satellite comms were in their infancy when I served. SCOT (Satellite Communication Onboard Terminal) was what we used. 95% of our comms was HF and almost exclusively data via RATT (radio analog tele type). Running at a massive speed of 75 bauds. Remember analog modems, they ran at 9600 bauds, just to give you an idea. If you wanted to make a voice call you had to get an HF connection with Portishead Ship Shore, how would connect you to the telephone network. Bit like asking the operator to put you through. On a side note there was a rumour that during the Falklands War a SCOTT transmission interfered with the radar on a ship resulting g in it being hit by an Exocet. Not sure if that was true.
@@YachtReport Technology has advanced so much in the last 40 years. In my lifetime we have gone from thinking you're at the cuttin edge of technology because you had a "Trim Phone" from BT to having a device that can fit in you pocket that has more computing power than was used to land a man on the moon. Crazy...
@Alan Bell And all of that progress due to a small, solid-state switch, the transistor, that is either ON or is OFF. So simple but, through creative innovation and Boolean logic, extended to do such diverse and useful work. Just amazing, really. We've come a long way from the first computers; hairdressers put out of work by the French revolution at the beginning of the 17th century, who were enlisted to do astronomical calculations by hand (and were called "computers").
@@dingbatbell01 YES, and let's not forget the Marine operator, forget what channel that was on on VHF. I would listen to the phone conversation on my Radio when I first got into boating. In the 70s, did not the same way you made a call from early vehicle Phones.
Thunderf00t did a video about musk's network, it has some huge setbacks, like having to be replaced every five years because they are so low they de-orbit themselves from friction with the top of the atmosphere. It will probably be a great deal for super-yacht owners because they are paying so much anyway, but average people will not be able to pay for starlink.
Thunderf00t is a name I haven't heard in a long time. Back when RUclips was young, I was subbed to a lot of atheist RUclipsrs, but unsubbed from most of them when they started the antifeminists versus sjws fights. I also got bored with seeing the same YEC arguments debunked for the hundredth time.
@@Primalxbeast lately it's been a bit of musk bashing, but the arguments are fair. I listen to all sides and try to assess based of logic and common sense .
@@michaelwescott8064 I had no interest in listening to the bickering regardless of what side people were on. The atheist channels were great when RUclips was getting started because those of us atheists raised in religious states had no one to talk to about having to deal with hiding our atheism all our lives and we finally had like minded people to talk to, but after years of watching those videos and seeing the community disintegrate, and just not having a need for atheist support groups anymore, there was no need to keep watching the same religious arguments being debunked again and again.
IMO, it’s being billed & sold to the public as a convenience product for internet. Only at the end of the day we’re looking at the AI link up system that will control navigation of automated shipping land, sea, & air.
It's the same for EV's, Tesla has at least a 10yr head start and other companies are only now just getting their foot (or toes) in. I can now see the LEO zone will be fighting for orbit space with the way Starlink is progressing and I reckon regulations for space real estate for low orbit will be a real thing. Great presentation sir!
So far a great and informative presentation. But I am guessing Eln wants shipping companies to come on board his beta program so he can use their vessels as the Land based stations???
Hey eSysdude, I was pulling your leg a bit. No harm or disrespect meant. So, we all good now? I do love your podcasts, very cool boats! I wouldn’t have one of those if you gave it to me but I like looking at them.
Indeed! I’m head of infrastructure for a software company. I’m moving everything to the cloud over the next two years. Then I can work from anywhere lol
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I got a deal on NordVPN about a year ago for a 3 year contract for $128 which I calculated as $3.16 a month.
I've only had trouble with it because my bank won't recognize some of their servers. I got Nord to give me a list of usable servers and I've had no more trouble getting into my banking app without having to pause it.
Since I don't watch Netflix or any of the other systems I've never tried to see if that part of it works.
I'm very happy with them and I think everyone should use a VPN. I wonder if they can stop the ransome ware people?
Great introduction to "satcom." Starlink is hardly alone but by far the most ambitious absolutely. More importantly is how data is collected, stored and preserved which is what gives rise to "artifical intelligence" or less of a need for communication systems in the first instance meaning simply replacing the telephone line or any wide bandwidth service with a computer and giving an equal if not vastly superior product...meaning no communication system needed period beyond periodic updates such that we can
A: focus on doing our jobs (station keeping of the ship, etc) but most importantly
B: interacting with our fellow human beings, communing with nature, writing a book, planting some flowers, going for a swim etc
In other words the purpose of all this is to give joy to one's life and living...and of course hopefully to all of those around you as we well, become more developed as a human being. "We want these Ships"(and they are ships) "to be filled with joie de vivre."
Earth is stationary.. Sat’s are fake… They are in fact air-balloons with repeaters mounted.
@@lettersandnumbersuc you’re posting your ridiculous comment on a video made by someone who’s worked with satellite technology for 20 years. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts, and you never wrote one fact.
@@YachtReport Thank you for fighting for facts and with facts! And honesty & humour too!
This was done incredibly well and made it easy for some of us less tech savvy folks to understand. Great job!
Bravo, that was probably the most precise description of Starlink I've seen from a youtuber (much better than even the "mobile internet" channel which is clueless.)
Great presentation on Satellite and Maritime Satellite, you keep educating and at the same time entertaining us. Thank you so much, very interesting.
Dang, the way you describe the internet service availability, reminds me of the time before satellites, when we [on the US West Coast] had to rely on Radio station KMI for ship-to-shore telephone calls
Another “Top Shelf” video! Thanks for the hard work!
Who woulda thought that eSysman is joining Scott Manley for best space news channel.
You have just taught me soooo much about satellites & the internet, thank you!
Two reasons are keeping StarLink in the lead. Elon says their electronics is leading edge while all other satellite operators use older space hardened electronics which is has less capacity and speed. Elon says its a risk that they took. Knowing him, they will quickly adapt to fix any issues. Second is SpaceX's lower cost of access to space because of their reusable rockets.
It is not cheaper, and elon NEVER fixes anything.
@@steenjacobsen1474 Ah, okay.
@@steenjacobsen1474 lol ?
@@D33S3R you man want to read/watch a few critics. It is not as grand as it seems....
@@steenjacobsen1474 what? If this constellation is fully deployed their is no physical reason why it wouldn’t be way better than anything else.
What a great commentary on the future of this technology. Very well presented. Your discussion was easy to follow and digest. Things like this are awesome to hear about. Thank you!
I watched you for a long time. One of the earliest subscribers. You keep getting better and better. CR took the words out of my mouth
Your video, explained perfectly on how this system, and the physics related to satellite internet communications, and services on the internet that I have ever seen thus far, and I was in the business at one time. Bravo Sir!
BTW, I plan to have Starlink on all my vessels.
This is an exceptional video...you explained every bit of it clearly and precisely..well done mate...seriously..well done 👏
Very impressive video. You really did a ton of homework and research, well done!
I love my Nord VPN. Wouldn’t go anywhere without it. Also I love watching Australian tv whenever and wherever. Thanks for another great video. 😀
Very well put over..everyone now understands why cruise ships charge so much for a rubbish service...
Excellent video brother. You know, I was not even all that interested in Super Yachts. Dont get me wrong, I love seeing them and checking out the insane amenities, furnishings, sizes, etc., etc. of these beautiful ships,.even though I'll never have the resources to purchase even a remote control yacht. However, after viewing a number of your videos I am so pleased to say that because of your content along with the pleasant, knowledgeable and interesting way that you deliver your videos I am now becoming more and more of a Super Yacht fan as well as a boating fan in general. Thanks again for your inspiring videos and I look forward to viewing more. Have a great day.
Technical. But ... one of your Best. Thanks for the video.
I worked in the telecom field for 20 years. Starlink is going to have some huge problems in the future with infrastructure. The system described will work fine for a small amount of users, but as more people sign up, especially the number needed to keep the company afloat and in the black, it won't be able to handle the bandwidth for even a medium sized amount of users. Their satellite connectivity lasers are still in Beta like you said, but those lasers will have bandwidth issues as well but exponentially worse because each satellite will need to simultaneously connect to all the others in it's immediate area to provide a constant connection. (Right now, they can only connect to just 1 other.) What we can expect for years, if not a decade, is a system that sometimes works and has frequent outages and slower speeds sadly.
My first thought when you started talking about Internet service was... "Is he going to screw up DNS?"
You did not. Bravo!
While this is directed to ships at sea it also applies to RVs and any other moving object on earth, planes, trains and even automobiles. This is the best description I’ve seen of Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet service currently in Beta and should be of interest to everyone. I predict that someday in the future you’re pocket phone will communicate with these LEO sats and cell towers will disappear. I hope I live long enough to see that.
Planes have their own wifi connections. This video has to do with boats in the middle of the ocean with tech unlike planes. Boats are on the surface of earth. Planes fly 30,000 ft above. They can receive signals more easily. A boat on the surface can not.
@@AngryBarns Speeds will improve on planes if they switch over, what have got now is not very fast and the gear now do cost so much money so that would improve also.
@@pistonburner6448 Anything is better then what planes use now.
Starlink has a very high starting cost but can serve a lot of people. So the more people using it the cheaper it can be. But think they are starting at a loose and hoping they will make money when enough people use it.
@@pistonburner6448 From what info I have seen it's worse then most things. But kinda good at giving internet in the western parts of US, south America and some countries in Africa where there are no connection at all.
It's might or might not be a scam, hard to make money on it for sure.
But what planes use now are slow, high latency and breaks all the time and cost way to much to fix to be worth it. Only good thing it gives the airlines is that they can say they have wifi even if it doesn't work.
Btw it's never good just attacking if you want anyone to listen to you.
Hope you can make an update on this during 2022. I appreciate the Super Yacht arrests/detainings, etc. are taking some time nowadays.
The NordVPN ad was on topic, and considering all the free content you put out (and all the time you spend making said content) I’m cool with some ads. My only comment would be to somehow find a smoother way to transition to the ad.
Anyways, another great video!
Thanks,
Joseph
I don't mind ads from someone I've learned is honest, trustworthy, intelligent and not full of himself = eSysman ;-)
Interesting, informative & entertaining as always.
10:40 What he is referring to is laser crosslinking capability between satellites and eventually Starlink's injection terminals. So while the constellation [itself] will be able to handle more data more efficiently, speeds will still be limited by end-user device (WiFi) capabilities.
Hey eSysman. We installed the RV system onboard our 48m yacht about 6 weeks ago and are experiencing the best internet service I’ve personally seen onboard yacht in the past 16 years! It’s seriously a game changer.
Yes I have first hand experience with this on a yacht. When it’s global it will change everything.
Absolutely incredible tutorial, Sir!
Another great 📹🎥, booyah 👊🏽😁
Thank you too, Elon.
Finally, I sat through an entire infomercial! They could learn something from you
I would like to add that Starlink LEO satellites have a useful life of only 4-5 years, which would be very expensive to replace in lieu of the launch cost of each satellites. I would question the cheap hardware costs of Starlink.
Great very informative, I have learnt so much from you tonight and I am knocking on 80yoa
Another great informative video. Thanks for doing the research and sharing it with us.
Thank you! I always enjoy your insights.
Very interesting and informative. The future is looking great for us seamen.
Great explanation of this. Thanks!
Last week I installed a Starlink Gen 2 in a remote part of West Texas. Incredibly simple, took about 5 minutes to be up and running.
Speed was blisteringly fast.
First off - you gave us data and concepts at an awesome pace. Thank you. Second - By 2023 (at the latest), Elon will be launching 400 sats at a time on StarShip.
I expected more about sea experiences but let me say yours’s the best explanation I ever seen on LEO´s internet service. English is not my native language, so I appreciate you have subtitles, I like you accent. Really enjoy the video!
Waow! Well presented. You’re a gifted teacher 😊
Fascinating! Thanks, well presented.
That's an interesting explanation about Internet at sea.
I have a small question which is probably showing my ignorance.
You keep saying super yacht. I'm curious about merchant and navy ships, especially naval vessels. Do they use something different altogether? I can't imagine a navy warship not having a dedicated system.
US defence budget= over $700 billion...plus they have own dedicated comms systems. Money no object...when the taxpayer is picking up tab. lol
Interesting and informative video, great as usual
Great video, very well explained the to the layman such as myself.. Informative and educational. Thanks. 😎😊😊😊
This will give a huge boost to the whole yachting industry. If people can work and do business at sea of in my case trade the financial markets at sea there is no need to come home again.
Thanks for all the information it's AWESOME... HAVE A BLESSED DAY AMEN
Your videos are amazing.
So we'll done.
You make it so easy to understand how this science works.
Thanks a bunch.
Very interesting. Lots of useful information provided at an easily understandable level. Thanks. 👍👍
I have installed communications for over a decade in government, commercial and residential, fiber optical cable, copper. To my knowledge very few have fiber to the residential household, currently maybe 40% in the US. Mostly the backbone of communications is fiber and then it's copper into the household. Love you channel keep up the good work.
Another great vid. Thank you
Really well explained. Impressive.
Love your videos love to see the yacht shows in Monaco with the F1 race is going on love to see the yacht shows in Dubai and Abu Dhabi ....Please do more of these
Camera angle and lighting at 11:17 was really good.
Great video, now even 5 year olds understand starlink!
Great video, brilliant contentvery informative. Thank you as always I love your videos.
Great video, thanks!
I’ve got this in my garden, I know this will fit in any boat with a generator, probably 36ft or above. Only thing it’s waiting on is approval as it’s still beta so you can’t move the dish more than about 100 miles. But get approval and strap it on a gyro.
Wow "E", I'm very impressed at your clear and knowledgeable explanation of satellite and other topics. You are really good bro...niiiiice. TT
Aaaargh! you got me at 5:30. Love your stuff. Thought you wouldn't do that. Still love your stuff.
Wonderful explanation.
As usual, Musk is ahead of the competition.
It's the nature of business to adapt or close down; however, usually the _first_ does not end up being the _best._ Regardless, as this technology and practice improve, it will be better for the end consumer.
Interesting , Thank You.. I hope it works
Just wanted to add latency doesn't necessarily mean it's slow it just means the time it takes for data to make a round-trip is longer.
That was a tremendous video ! Thanks. , always watching .
Information spot on. Great video!
A great explanation. And now really happy that I will be able to get an affordable ISP at sea. About $1 Million a year was the only thing putting me off buying a super yacht, or two..... Lol
I have a love for learning and I've learned much from you and your Channel about an industry I no very little about. I'm Grateful and appreciate all the hard work that must go into making one of your video's. Keep up the good fight. Thank you
Great information
Nicely presented.
Small clarification. Around 4:10 you say that GEO satellites have high latency, meaning they are slow. The time from when you click a link and content starts coming back to you is slow (latency). That's simply a factor of them being 35,900km away. But the bandwidth or speed at which the content is then sent is not necessarily slow. It can be extremely fast.
What limits your bandwidth with a GEO satellite is that a GEO satellite will cover huge areas and their total capacity has to be split between everyone in that area. They could shut off bandwidth to others in your area and give it all to you and you would have a very fast connection.
I'm not advocating for GEO, just clarifying why it's slow, because it's slow in two different ways. Source: I've been an investor in satellite internet.
Thank you.
I'm not so convinced that Starlink will provide the silver bullet. Thunderf00t did a pretty good analysis of the problems it will face ... particularly once user numbers go up. And although there won't be many users competing for bandwidth over the ocean, their data will still need to join the back of the queue when it makes landfall. In case you haven't seen Thunderf00t's video, here is the link: ruclips.net/video/zaUCDZ9d09Y/видео.html
Nicely done!
Starlink is absolutely AWESOME
Great video
I always tend to forget to smash the like button. Never do I forget with yours. I relish your reports. Thank you for your dedication video after video. You are consistently captivating.
I met a guy from Autotrader who worked printing their paper magazine years ago, he wasn't worried about the internet being a threat !
@FairySox, by 1997, the fellow would have been worried, not about the viability of a print magazine, but about what he's going to do with the 100,000 blank CD-RAM discs on which he was going to distribute his company's media info.
One little historical note: The man who INVENTED the concept of geosynchronous satellites for communication was...science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark, creator of "2001" and other great works. In recompense they gave him his own uplink server so he could live in his favored Sri Lanka and send his stories back to his publishers in London quickly long before that was commonplace.
It’s a great factoid. The geosynchronous orbit they live in is called the ‘Clark’ orbit in his honour.
He must have been an awesome writer because it seems ya'll still believe his "science Fiction"
Much thanks for a great bit of information well explained.
Great intro
So much has changed in a year, even satellite internet in the ukrain
I was seriously wondering about 25 min ago when u where dropping a vid..no lie
That’s Funny… I was too!
I wasn't
@@noone-qg1od confirmation bias is a hell of a drug!
Great video and Great Info.... I am at the age that i was wowed with a wireless phone never mind a car phone!!!
Good show.
watching this over my Starlink right now!
Very Nice Video 🙏🙏
Cracking video
I was at cape Canaveral Air Force base as close as a person can get to the rockets when they take off (it was like 3 miles away) and I gotta say, holy shit it was amazing and now I get flashbacks every single time I see even just a video of space C’s rockets launching. Absolutely amazing to see that close and if anyone has access to the base then I highly recommend going to the patrol cars that block the area off and watch the rocket take off. Was awesome.
I think the closest the general public can be is like 11 miles away and it ain’t that spectacular being 11 miles away. 3 miles though. Wow.
"It's like a phonebook for the internet"
People watching this video, "What's a phonebook?"
Well described. And those lads need to get worried, because even if they plan to do the same as what Starlink does, they can't compete on cost for bringing the satellites up there and maintaining the network. It does not get any cheaper, than Starlink sending them up on their already used and paid for rockets and fairings. Also, the speed of the inter-satellite connectivity has already tripled from the what was specified in the FCC design submission.
Satellite comms were in their infancy when I served. SCOT (Satellite Communication Onboard Terminal) was what we used. 95% of our comms was HF and almost exclusively data via RATT (radio analog tele type). Running at a massive speed of 75 bauds. Remember analog modems, they ran at 9600 bauds, just to give you an idea. If you wanted to make a voice call you had to get an HF connection with Portishead Ship Shore, how would connect you to the telephone network. Bit like asking the operator to put you through.
On a side note there was a rumour that during the Falklands War a SCOTT transmission interfered with the radar on a ship resulting g in it being hit by an Exocet. Not sure if that was true.
Really adds perspective to where we are now eh?
@@YachtReport Technology has advanced so much in the last 40 years. In my lifetime we have gone from thinking you're at the cuttin edge of technology because you had a "Trim Phone" from BT to having a device that can fit in you pocket that has more computing power than was used to land a man on the moon. Crazy...
@Alan Bell And all of that progress due to a small, solid-state switch, the transistor, that is either ON or is OFF. So simple but, through creative innovation and Boolean logic, extended to do such diverse and useful work. Just amazing, really. We've come a long way from the first computers; hairdressers put out of work by the French revolution at the beginning of the 17th century, who were enlisted to do astronomical calculations by hand (and were called "computers").
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YES, and let's not forget the Marine operator, forget what channel that was on on VHF. I would listen to the phone conversation on my Radio when I first got into boating. In the 70s, did not the same way you made a call from early vehicle Phones.
Thunderf00t did a video about musk's network, it has some huge setbacks, like having to be replaced every five years because they are so low they de-orbit themselves from friction with the top of the atmosphere. It will probably be a great deal for super-yacht owners because they are paying so much anyway, but average people will not be able to pay for starlink.
Thunderf00t is a name I haven't heard in a long time. Back when RUclips was young, I was subbed to a lot of atheist RUclipsrs, but unsubbed from most of them when they started the antifeminists versus sjws fights. I also got bored with seeing the same YEC arguments debunked for the hundredth time.
@@Primalxbeast lately it's been a bit of musk bashing, but the arguments are fair. I listen to all sides and try to assess based of logic and common sense .
@@michaelwescott8064 I had no interest in listening to the bickering regardless of what side people were on. The atheist channels were great when RUclips was getting started because those of us atheists raised in religious states had no one to talk to about having to deal with hiding our atheism all our lives and we finally had like minded people to talk to, but after years of watching those videos and seeing the community disintegrate, and just not having a need for atheist support groups anymore, there was no need to keep watching the same religious arguments being debunked again and again.
IMO, it’s being billed & sold to the public as a convenience product for internet. Only at the end of the day we’re looking at the AI link up system that will control navigation of automated shipping land, sea, & air.
Thanks , very interesting 🤔🧐👍💪🌹♥️
It's the same for EV's, Tesla has at least a 10yr head start and other companies are only now just getting their foot (or toes) in. I can now see the LEO zone will be fighting for orbit space with the way Starlink is progressing and I reckon regulations for space real estate for low orbit will be a real thing. Great presentation sir!
The funny thing is that other companies had ev's long before tesla existed they just failed to market them properly.
So far a great and informative presentation. But I am guessing Eln wants shipping companies to come on board his beta program so he can use their vessels as the Land based stations???
Hey eSysdude,
I was pulling your leg a bit. No harm or disrespect meant. So, we all good now?
I do love your podcasts, very cool boats! I wouldn’t have one of those if you gave it to me but I like looking at them.
Great info, where did you buy that top? 😂
Once I can get my internet full time at sea, I'm retiring.
Indeed! I’m head of infrastructure for a software company. I’m moving everything to the cloud over the next two years. Then I can work from anywhere lol
Interesting, thx!
you should do an update on this. Seems like it has become more common to use Starlink now