President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is eyeing forging an alliance with US technology giant Starlink to improve internet connectivity in the Philippines.
“Our vast archipelago, ang ating – pitong libo ang ating isla, that vast archipelago is an ideal candidate for satellite broadband service and we look forward to improving broadband connectivity in the Philippines through Starlink and through all the others,” President Marcos said.
President Marcos said that he has already ordered Uy to ensure that the project will push through as he emphasized the need to adopt and recognize the appropriate technology and bring it to the Philippines.
[The government] says with low latency, high speeds and simple plug and play setup, the low-earth orbit satellites are fast becoming the technology of choice for island nations and geographically sparse areas.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communications, Manoa Kamikamica says the licensing of Starlink for commercial use is a game changer for Fiji as it strengthens Fiji’s resilience in providing connectivity during natural disasters.
The legislation of Kazakhstan in the field of communications is planned to be changed by the end of 2024 to make the use of Starlink technologies legal in the republic, said the Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan Bagdat Musin.
It continues to amaze me that a country like Kazakhstan would allow Starlink to operate. Oh how times have changed.QuoteThe legislation of Kazakhstan in the field of communications is planned to be changed by the end of 2024 to make the use of Starlink technologies legal in the republic, said the Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan Bagdat Musin.https://x.com/AteoBreaking/status/1726875355242250254
Starlink’s high-speed internet is now available across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean 🛰️🇬🇺🇲🇵❤️ → starlink.com/map
Estamos en eso
Starlink’s high-speed internet is now available in Costa Rica 🛰️🇨🇷❤️ → starlink.com/map?country=CR
For those calculating the market potential of maritime, it appears that at least some ships are not signing up for the full $5k/5 TB plan. For instance, Oceangold is signing up for only the $1k/1 TB plan for its 13 tankers.https://smartmaritimenetwork.com/2023/11/29/oceangold-tankers-to-roll-out-starlink-on-13-vessels/
Quote from: RedLineTrain on 11/29/2023 03:04 pmFor those calculating the market potential of maritime, it appears that at least some ships are not signing up for the full $5k/5 TB plan. For instance, Oceangold is signing up for only the $1k/1 TB plan for its 13 tankers.https://smartmaritimenetwork.com/2023/11/29/oceangold-tankers-to-roll-out-starlink-on-13-vessels/Tankers have small crews. One TB should be plenty. The business-critical bandwidth usage is really tiny. The "crew welfare" bandwidth dominates the total, and Starlink is so overwhelmingly superior to what they had before that it should be easy to manage crew expectations.
Quote from: DanClemmensen on 11/29/2023 03:45 pmQuote from: RedLineTrain on 11/29/2023 03:04 pmFor those calculating the market potential of maritime, it appears that at least some ships are not signing up for the full $5k/5 TB plan. For instance, Oceangold is signing up for only the $1k/1 TB plan for its 13 tankers.https://smartmaritimenetwork.com/2023/11/29/oceangold-tankers-to-roll-out-starlink-on-13-vessels/Tankers have small crews. One TB should be plenty. The business-critical bandwidth usage is really tiny. The "crew welfare" bandwidth dominates the total, and Starlink is so overwhelmingly superior to what they had before that it should be easy to manage crew expectations.The real b/w demand is going to arise when transportation clients discover what they can use it for that they aren't even thinking about yet. One application might be 24×7 remote all-quadrant multi-spectral sea watch, using circadian-optimized control centers, perhaps with AI augmentation of the incoming feeds. Ship crews then only need to be there for things that require physical activities.
Quote from: Bob Niland on 11/29/2023 04:23 pmQuote from: DanClemmensen on 11/29/2023 03:45 pmQuote from: RedLineTrain on 11/29/2023 03:04 pmFor those calculating the market potential of maritime, it appears that at least some ships are not signing up for the full $5k/5 TB plan. For instance, Oceangold is signing up for only the $1k/1 TB plan for its 13 tankers.https://smartmaritimenetwork.com/2023/11/29/oceangold-tankers-to-roll-out-starlink-on-13-vessels/Tankers have small crews. One TB should be plenty. The business-critical bandwidth usage is really tiny. The "crew welfare" bandwidth dominates the total, and Starlink is so overwhelmingly superior to what they had before that it should be easy to manage crew expectations.The real b/w demand is going to arise when transportation clients discover what they can use it for that they aren't even thinking about yet. One application might be 24×7 remote all-quadrant multi-spectral sea watch, using circadian-optimized control centers, perhaps with AI augmentation of the incoming feeds. Ship crews then only need to be there for things that require physical activities.My guess: The BW needed to support this is far lower than the BW for "crew morale". "Crew morale" is mostly downloading of video content and real-time interactive voice and video. For your application, the data would be processed almost entirely aboard the vessel. The analogy is "full self-driving" for cars, which is a lot harder than just about anything you need at sea and which must act autonomously without connectivity when connectivity is lost. A big $50 Million ship with a $500,000 sensor suite can afford to buy quite a bit more computing resources than a car can. If you have ever been on the bridge of a large commercial ship, you will have seen a very large amount of very expensive electronics. The computer will be a small percentage increment.The amount of BW is entirely separate from the value of the data. Back in 2006, a $5,000/mo 56Kbps GEO rig paid for itself spectacularly with just the e-mail for making late changes in port scheduling and updated weather reports.
The amount of BW is entirely separate from the value of the data. Back in 2006, a $5,000/mo 56Kbps GEO rig paid for itself spectacularly with just the e-mail for making late changes in port scheduling and updated weather reports.
When I got put of the business 9 years ago, Inmarsat was getting up to $8 a megabyte for Fleet Sband. Make a buck a gigabyte look pretty good.
Quote from: Nomadd on 11/30/2023 01:26 pm When I got put of the business 9 years ago, Inmarsat was getting up to $8 a megabyte for Fleet Sband. Make a buck a gigabyte look pretty good.Um... Is that 5 orders of magnitude cheaper?
Las noticias de hoy en Malvinas: -Desconcierto ante el descubrimiento de minas en una playa. Se supone que ya no había más.-Congresista pide auditoría independiente del hospital.-Gobierno cedería, otorgaría excepciones para comprar terminales de Starlink con internet decente.
Starlink is a technological marvel. Starlink internet. It is a leap in the same way that GSM cellular was a leap from fixed point. People used to build fiber optics to base stations to deliver the message to the phone. But now, what's happening now with the technology there is what's called low earth orbit satellites at 500 km versus 29,000 for geostationary satellites. So it means that the technology to deliver internet makes it possible for any remote part of the world to have internet connectivity. This helps with digital inclusion, which we want.So Starlink of Elon Musk has become the first company to make that commercial breakthrough. There are three or four or five others which will be joining this. There are geopolitical situations. Do you want to go with the European one? Do you want to go with the American one? Or do you want to go with the Chinese one?So these are all things which we are looking at. But you can be assured that the right decision will be made to make sure that Zimbabwe joins our friends in Mozambique who are already on Starlink and many others. Because it's a leapfrog in technology. . .
