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Old 06-20-2020, 10:37 AM   #1
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Now that SpaceX has applied for a Basic International Telecommunications Services (BITS) licence in Canada, what do people think about the potential of it working?

Video helps explain what it is. Apparently some pictures leaked yesterday of what the ground station looks like and it seems like version 2.0 is basically a small circular dish that can track where the satellites are. There are also some investors in SpaceX that have seen how the system works and done Speed Tests at SpaceX headquarters and have said that it'll be the easiest & most user friendly internet connection in the world with great speeds.

They are also saying that the latency will be around 20ms, with future satellites in lower orbit being around 8ms. That would be a massive improvement on traditional satellite internet.

What does everyone think? For rural areas this would be a massive potential. Canada will be one of the first areas that should have coverage which is why I started this thread.



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