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At SpaceX, users are told not to expect anything fancy from communication
Connection speed and latency will “float” for now, and even short periods of disconnection may be possible, but by mid-2021 the service will perform well and stably, the company believes.
Residents of the United States who have registered on the site up to this time Starlink and expressed a desire to participate in the extended commercial trials of the satellite Internet service, began to receive letters from Spacex with a detailed service offering. Reported by Arstechnica.
The proposal says that by ordering a set of equipment for $ 499, the user receives a terminal to connect to satellites, a mounting tripod and a Wi-Fi router.
“However, the mounting tripod is not suitable for mounting the antenna on the ceiling, for this you need to order additional special fasteners that cost another $ 100. To the final cost of the equipment, you must also add local taxes, which differ from state to state. to another and will cost an average of about $ 50, and the cost of shipping, about $ 50 more. As a result, a set of teams Starlink with fasteners for the roof and taxes it will cost about $ 700 “, – specified in the message.
As follows from the letter Spacex, users are set to “expect nothing great from the connection”. Communication will generally be reliable and relatively fast, but there may be short periods of absence.
“Data rates will range from 50 Mbps to 150 Mbps and latency will range from 20 ms to 40 ms over the next several months as the system improves. Starlink… There will also be short periods of no connection ”, warn Starlink customers.
At the same time in Starlink Emphasize that users will receive a completely competitive Internet, which will not depend on terrestrial telecommunications operators, line breaks, fiber damage, weather conditions and other problems inherent to terrestrial operators.
As an advantage, the company also calls for a unique connection.
“By purchasing the equipment once, it will be possible to move around the country any number of times and take your satellite Internet with you, without waiting more than a week to connect with a new local operator,” the letter says. Spacex.
How many letters did i send Spacex Currently, US residents with a commercial connection offer are unknown. Previously, the company reported that the number of connection requests on the Starlink website exceeded 700,000.
As you know before Spacex applied to the Communications Commission for permission to release 1 million Starlink subscriber devices.
Recall that we have already reported that SpaceX has launched another batch of satellites. And before that, it attracted a record $ 1.9 billion in investment.
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