Amazon Kuiper Satellite Internet Beta Testing in 2024

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Where there is a Coke - Starlink, there will be a Pepsi - Kuiper from Amazon

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Amazon targets 2024 launch of first Kuiper internet satellites

Amazon.com plans to launch its first internet satellites to space in the first half of 2024 and offer initial commercial tests shortly after, the company said Tuesday, as it prepares to vie with Elon Musk's SpaceX and others to provide broadband internet globally.
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Let is us if it is smaller, faster, cheaper, better, etc.

(Kuiper, what a catchy name, eh? Fire that marketing manager, I would. )
 
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Over 3200 satellites.
Space will become as crowded as Sosua Beach on Sunday.

But 400 megabits/sec will certainly compete with Starlink's 100 mbps but I doubt Amazon can deliver that.
Their filing with the FCC was for a minimum of 25 mbps service, which would compete with Delancer maybe ?
 
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chico bill said:
Over 3200 satellites.
Space will become as crowded as Sosua Beach on Sunday.

But 400 megabits/sec will certainly compete with Starlink's 100 mbps but I doubt Amazon can deliver that.
Their filing with the FCC was for a minimum of 25 mbps service, which would compete with Delancer maybe ?
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A minimum of 25 mpbs.

Note they also claim this:

Amazon's largest, "most capable" antenna model, "designed for enterprise, government and telecommunications applications," will be 19 by 30 inches in size and put out internet speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second - fast enough to download a high-definition feature-length movie in roughly 30 seconds.
 
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windeguy said:
A minimum of 25 mpbs.

Note they also claim this:

Amazon's largest, "most capable" antenna model, "designed for enterprise, government and telecommunications applications," will be 19 by 30 inches in size and put out internet speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second - fast enough to download a high-definition feature-length movie in roughly 30 seconds.
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Well there a couple years out so let's see. Maybe you could have a Starlink and Amazon dish and split the connected devices.
My question is how intrusive will Amazon be? They are already spying on homes with Alexa and connections with Alexa to ring doorbells.
 
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chico bill said:
Well there a couple years out so let's see. Maybe you could have a Starlink and Amazon dish and split the connected devices.
My question is how intrusive will Amazon be? They are already spying on homes with Alexa and connections with Alexa to ring doorbells.
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I would expect trying to use two ISP's simultaneously would be messy at best:

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hi so i have two internet connections, one of which has really good download speed and no limit to how much i use it. The other one has insane ping and upload speed but limited traffic usage. i want to use both of them simultaneously one for downloading stuff and one only for my games, is there...
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windeguy said:
I would expect trying to use two ISP's simultaneously would be messy at best:
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It would be a piece of cake, connect your laptop and cell phones to one and your smart TVs and cameras to another
 
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Just measured my Cable del Norte speed. I signed up for 15 Mb/s down and 5 Mb/s up years ago.
The measured speed today is 76 Mb/s down and 31 Mb/s up and is about 3,680 RD monthly for the Internet portion of a the bill
(with a combo of having their virtually useless cable TV service),

No reason to even think about satellite service where I am for now.
 
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windeguy said:
Just measured my Cable del Norte speed. I signed up for 15 Mb/s down and 5 Mb/s up years ago.
The measured speed today is 76 Mb/s down and 31 Mb/s up and is about 3,680 RD monthly for the Internet portion of a the bill
(with a combo of having their virtually useless cable TV service),

No reason to even think about satellite service where I am for now.
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Same here. I was literally a day away from going with Starlink when I got the call from Altice.

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JD Jones, Competition is good. CLARO Fiber is probably the reason CableDelNorte had to up their game.

That despite the fact that CLARO is still not even available in my development, but is on either side of it. DUH...
 
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windeguy said:
JD Jones, Competition is good. CLARO Fiber is probably the reason CableDelNorte had to up their game.

That despite the fact that CLARO is still not even available in my development, but is on either side of it. DUH...
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I had the same problem with Claro. The main fiber optic trunk line crossed in front of my house but they told me it wasn't available.

That is, until Altice hooked me up. Claro showed up at my door a week later.
 
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JD Jones said:
I had the same problem with Claro. The main fiber optic trunk line crossed in front of my house but they told me it wasn't available.

That is, until Altice hooked me up. Claro showed up at my door a week later.
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People have tried Altice in my development and it sucks for them. Still no CLARO at all.
 
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william webster said:
To say nothing about paying for both services

StarLink ain't cheap !!
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How much is your monthly ? What happened to their 1800 pesos a month plan for 100 mbps ?
Are you dissatisfied William ?
But some people may be working remotely (Day Traders as an example), and need reliable backup should one go out for any period.
Imagine trying to get out of SVB bank stock when it started tanking and your internet takes a dookie ?
 
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chico bill, I get you are trying to force a redundancy point, but that need for two major services in case one fails would apply to a very small percentage of users.

At the moment I have no need to consider any other service provider besides CableDelNorte. That could change any time.
Currently the only viable alternative would appear to be StarLink where I live in Cabarete. Altice I have been told by neighbors sucks and CLARO is absent.
 
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chico bill said:
How much is your monthly ? What happened to their 1800 pesos a month plan for 100 mbps ?
Are you dissatisfied William ?
But some people may be working remotely (Day Traders as an example), and need reliable backup should one go out for any period.
Imagine trying to get out of SVB bank stock when it started tanking and your internet takes a dookie ?
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No, not dissatisfied

I pay what the deal was about 2700/mo
 
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