Comments on: August 20, 2024 Quick space links https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/august-20-2024-quick-space-links/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:32:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Richard M https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/august-20-2024-quick-space-links/#comment-1513171 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:32:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=107669#comment-1513171 No need to wonder why Viasat has been waging regulatory lawfare against Starlink at every turn for the last five years.

]]> By: Digital Night https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/august-20-2024-quick-space-links/#comment-1512979 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 04:18:42 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=107669#comment-1512979 Hearing that Viastat is dropping data caps is great news. I’ve had customers and family members that had to use them for decades, and those caps always created issues. To the point as soon as terrestrial anything faster than a phone line emerged they would sign up, no matter the cost. I understand that Viasat has limited bandwidth so they don’t want people “hogging” the signal, but, they have to find a better way to manage this.

Honestly, I suspect they will only be used for military and low bandwidth remote access only in the near future. There is no way they can beat the capacity and the latency of Starlink, and the Starlink LEO competitors once they have been deployed.

]]> By: Robert Pratt https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/august-20-2024-quick-space-links/#comment-1512850 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:33:58 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=107669#comment-1512850 Viasat dropping data caps… Competition is a wondrous thing!

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