Using satellite internet in permanent buildings situated in major metropolitan areas is about the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard. - ThreadSky

slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com • 13 hours ago

Using satellite internet in permanent buildings situated in major metropolitan areas is about the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard.

Reposted from CNN

The FAA has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the IT networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA. cnn.it/436qirE

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slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com•13 hours ago

“We could use fiber, with a redundant 5G router in case of outages, with our existing Verizon contract, but it would be better if we cancel that contract, pay the penalties, and rely upon small aperture terminals for the bandwidth to run our major airport”

slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com•13 hours ago

A cybertruck just pulled up to my gym as I wrote this

misterbeaks.bsky.social•13 hours ago

dont worry. the cybergun the DOGE Assassin shoots you with will malfunction or explode in his hands.

erictime.bsky.social•13 hours ago

The most mission critical packet delivery on Earth will now be tiered and unfortunately the highest priority throughput will be reserved for Elon’s tweets saying “Concerning” to Catturd.

dashwallkick.bsky.social•13 hours ago

entirely run by satelites that fall out of the sky within a few years.

slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com•13 hours ago

Don’t worry, a boer crackhead is on it

notvolks.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Hell, my Sirius cuts out when I drive past the one medium tall building on the way home from work. No problems with this plan at all.

slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com•5 hours ago

You don’t have to tell me, I’ve been a 25S for way too long, and the thought of using satellites for anything bigger than a TOC is horrifying to me

notvolks.bsky.social•5 hours ago

You mean those TACSAT set ups aren’t great? I was assured that my JBCP was always operational?

slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com•5 hours ago

mentoch.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Seems like poor government efficiency

ilovepets420.bsky.social•13 hours ago

satellite Internet is a great idea if you don't know what latency is

slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com•10 hours ago

Or weather, or satellite degradation, or max bandwidth relative to the size of your dish…

alicedyeforme.bsky.social•9 hours ago

It's also a great idea if you're in the middle of nowhere without a tower in line of sight and cable is too expensive and difficult to run.

Airports with ATCs are none of those things.

somuchderp.bsky.social•5 hours ago

It's still not as dumb as having water delivered to your house or business by truck even when there is clean and safe tap water and yet so many people do it.

slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com•5 hours ago

People generally don’t die from water deliveries when weather hits.

You can’t say the same for KU band satellite systems running air traffic control towers

suddenlyagoat.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Don't you want to maximize the points of failure in critical infrastructure, for fun and profit?

worstcaseeng.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Outrageously stupid

thedimpsler.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Can’t wait until the Starlink signal being too weak and spotty to pierce through a moderately sized building causes a bunch of preventable deaths because we’re gonna run the entire government with WiFi that can’t even figure out the slightly off-center corner of my house.

dollypilled.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Personally I think it’ll be cool that someone has to go up to the roof and clean off the disk when it snows so they can keep watching tv

senatorivy.com•12 hours ago

We live in a culture of mfs who will fight on wifi instead of running a cable to their pc and then post on your steam wall that your internet sucks nice lagswitch when they get their asses beat by hardwired fiber internet Kano.

live.from.roys.house•5 hours ago

with a bunch of metal structures that keep moving through the sky above it to boot! that can't be good for reception either

slclunk.brighamyoungmoney.com•5 hours ago

You’d have to have a pretty talented spectrum manager at every airport to resolve that.

Or just let it wing

torstenkammer.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Besides, I can't believe they really want us to think the problem with air traffic control is insufficient internet connections.

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