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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The price versus promised speed didn’t seem worth it to me compared to my cable option...
For people with options, it generally is not. But there are large parts of the US where there are not good options.
This can potentially open the doors to SaaS offerings for SMBs limited to on-prem solutions due to 3rd world level internet access.
Yup, it's a game changer in much of the world. Although, honestly, dealing with SMBs in the US they consistently have worse Internet than the third world. The rural US is among the planet's worst Internet locations.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The big value is when the datacenters go into orbit and you don't have the up/down latency to get data. Once they are streaming straight from the satellites, it's going to be a game changer. It's when the Akamiis and CloudFlares and AWS of the worst are running compute and storage power in orbit that it's going to be amazing. High priority for us is getting our PBXs there.
This is the future I am looking forward to. BUt I have not heard any company planning to actually build one.
The compute capabilities in space are too slow still. I think most systems are just now on Pentium chipsets.
Starlink has been talking about launching the equivalent to AWS pods into orbit to have huge storage and compute capabilities low latency to earth. I think things like Netflix are high on the list to put there as they can stream without hitting the earth.
A good article on why that is not happenign anytime soon.
Well that's depressing.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The price versus promised speed didn’t seem worth it to me compared to my cable option...
300Mb/s for $99? Hard to imagine any cable really competing. Maybe Optimum in NYC.
Pretty sure it wasn’t that high for me... if memory serves it was 100/20
Um, yeah, for the moment. That goes up every few weeks.
If they would have offered 300, I would have jumped. Even though the buy is isn't cheap.. $400 satellite, etc..
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The price versus promised speed didn’t seem worth it to me compared to my cable option...
300Mb/s for $99? Hard to imagine any cable really competing. Maybe Optimum in NYC.
Out of touch much?
WOW is 500mbps for $59.99 assuming no promotion and no autopay discount.
yeah - thanks to competition, something we don't have around here... 100/20 is $99/m
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The price versus promised speed didn’t seem worth it to me compared to my cable option...
300Mb/s for $99? Hard to imagine any cable really competing. Maybe Optimum in NYC.
Pretty sure it wasn’t that high for me... if memory serves it was 100/20
Um, yeah, for the moment. That goes up every few weeks.
If they would have offered 300, I would have jumped. Even though the buy is isn't cheap.. $400 satellite, etc..
yeah, I know, not meant for people like me.They've said it should be 300 by later this year. And just faster and faster over time.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The price versus promised speed didn’t seem worth it to me compared to my cable option...
300Mb/s for $99? Hard to imagine any cable really competing. Maybe Optimum in NYC.
Out of touch much?
WOW is 500mbps for $59.99 assuming no promotion and no autopay discount.
yeah - thanks to competition, something we don't have around here... 100/20 is $99/m
So Starlink is faster now and way faster soon.
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Skyetel website is down - they are aware and working on it.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Skyetel website is down - they are aware and working on it.
Up here now.
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SpaceX Starlink factory in Texas will speed up production of Dishy McFlatface
Austin factory to create systems that improve SpaceX's high-volume manufacturing.
SpaceX says it is building a factory in Austin, Texas, to design systems that will help make satellite dishes, Wi-Fi routers, and other equipment for its Starlink satellite broadband network. The news comes from a job posting for an automation and controls engineer position flagged in a story Tuesday by local news channel KXAN. "To keep up with global demand, SpaceX is breaking ground on a new, state of the art manufacturing facility in Austin, TX," the job posting said. "The Automation & Controls Engineer will play a key role as we strive to manufacture millions of consumer facing devices that we ship directly to customers (Starlink dishes, Wi-Fi routers, mounting hardware, etc)." -
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I can haz satellite servicing north Georgia? kplzthx!
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Tech Tent: The new 'space race' for computer chips
Silicon chips are at the heart of many of the biggest technology stories of our time.
Without them, car plants around the world have come to a halt. The technology to make them is now seen by the United States as a key weapon in its trade war with China. And access to the latest and most-powerful versions will determine who wins the artificial intelligence race. In this week's Tech Tent podcast, we look at the semiconductor industry and try to answer five important questions about chips.From Ford and General Motors in the US, to Honda in the UK, and electric car-maker Nio in China: major automotive companies have had to cut back production due to a shortage of chips. Why? Well it seems the pandemic is to blame, continually making every prediction about chip demand look out-of-date. -
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Okta buys rival Auth0 for $6.5 billion
https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-signs-agreement-to-acquire-auth0/
In a major shakeup in the identity management space, one of the largest makers of identity verification and management software, Okta Inc., has agreed to buy its smaller rival, Auth0 for $6.5 billion.
Okta offers solutions to help companies track and manage their employees’ identities and credentials, while Auth0 enables developers to add authentication services to their apps.
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SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into trucks, boats, and aircraft
The March 5th FCC filing asked for “a blanket license authorizing operation” of Starlink terminals on so-called Earth Stations in Motion — an umbrella term for cars, trucks, maritime vessels, and aircraft. “No longer are users willing to forego connectivity while on the move, whether driving a truck across the country, moving a freighter from Europe to a U.S. port, or while on a domestic or international flight,” the filing read.
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Microsoft-led team retracts quantum 'breakthrough'
A Microsoft-led team has withdrawn a controversial research paper into quantum computing, published in 2018.
The research claimed to have found evidence of an elusive subatomic particle Microsoft suggested could help the development of more powerful computers. But it now says mistakes were made. The journal Nature has published a retraction. And the paper's authors have apologised for "insufficient scientific rigour". But the company has said it remains confident of its wider efforts on quantum computing. -
OVH Data Center in France Destroyed by Fire, All Staff Safe
Hosting company OVH says its staff are safe after a fire destroyed one data center and damaged another at the company’s campus in Strasbourg, France. All four data centers at the campus are offline this morning, but the company is working to restore some services once power can be restored to the site.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
OVH Data Center in France Destroyed by Fire, All Staff Safe
Hosting company OVH says its staff are safe after a fire destroyed one data center and damaged another at the company’s campus in Strasbourg, France. All four data centers at the campus are offline this morning, but the company is working to restore some services once power can be restored to the site.
Wow, that's big. Not too much fun for the colo customers either...
