A friend of mine who works with (mobile) connectivity in remote areas said about eutelsat that they're not really a challenger to starlink. ⅕ the speed, 3-4x ping times, some "issues with routing" whatever that means (looking at a conversation from two months ago). Roughly 10 years behind starlink.
Maybe it's better for non-mobile connectivity though, such as a cabin in the woods.
In my company, they were looking for backup Internet acess for fixed locations outside well-connected areas, such as manufacturing plants, so it may ne useful there. Thanks for the info!!
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gheesh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Forget Amazon, they're just another Trump tech bro. Has anybody tried one of these? https://ioplus.nl/en/posts/these-are-the-six-european-alternatives-to-elon-musks-starlink
aleq@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
A friend of mine who works with (mobile) connectivity in remote areas said about eutelsat that they're not really a challenger to starlink. ⅕ the speed, 3-4x ping times, some "issues with routing" whatever that means (looking at a conversation from two months ago). Roughly 10 years behind starlink.
Maybe it's better for non-mobile connectivity though, such as a cabin in the woods.
gheesh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
In my company, they were looking for backup Internet acess for fixed locations outside well-connected areas, such as manufacturing plants, so it may ne useful there. Thanks for the info!!
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 1y
The only one that's operational and suitable for home internet is OneWeb. They don't sell the service to directly to consumers though.
gheesh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
How do you get access to them then? Do they get resold via other telcos?
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
OneWeb mainly sells to businesses, but they also sell to other ISPs that resell to consumers.
Lyrl@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Neat to see some competition developing in this space.