Sprint and T-Mobile could reach merger deal by next week, report says

gatorguy

SpamSandwich said:

Aaaaand its already happened. Good for T-mo, I guess. The entire cellular service and ground-based Internet provider industry will soon be facing competition from above with Elon Musk's high-speed satellite service, so competition will be getting fierce.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/spacex-plans-worldwide-satellite-internet-with-low-latency-gigabit-speed/

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/04/spacex-internet-satellites-elon-musk.html

I see no theoretical reason why cellular service couldn't also be challenged by Musk.

It gets even more interesting when you find whose IP is behind it.

spamsandwich

tallest skil said:

SpamSandwich said:

with-low-latency

Doesn’t it inherently have an 800ms delay?

According to the Ars Technica coverage:

”SpaceX expects its own latencies to be between 25 and 35ms, similar to the latencies measured for wired Internet services. Current satellite ISPs have latencies of 600ms or more...”

spamsandwich

gatorguy said:

SpamSandwich said:

Aaaaand its already happened. Good for T-mo, I guess. The entire cellular service and ground-based Internet provider industry will soon be facing competition from above with Elon Musk's high-speed satellite service, so competition will be getting fierce.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/spacex-plans-worldwide-satellite-internet-with-low-latency-gigabit-speed/

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/04/spacex-internet-satellites-elon-musk.html

I see no theoretical reason why cellular service couldn't also be challenged by Musk.

It gets even more interesting when you find whose IP is behind it.

Do tell.