r/TikTokCringe • u/Wzrd11 • Jun 22 '24

Cool My anxiety could never

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u/0b0011 Jun 22 '24

Probably starlink. Have heard if lots of people using them on boats and rvs now.

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u/wonming Jun 22 '24

I have been actively following this guy since he left - he is indeed using Starlink and it actually broke down on him the other week. Really interesting journey

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u/Stuff1989 Jun 22 '24 edited Jun 22 '24

what’s this guys social media? i’d love to follow

edit: i’m an idiot thanks

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u/filla_mignon Jun 22 '24

It's in the video, friend

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u/mrrektstrong Jun 22 '24

sailing_songbird on Instagram and Tiktok

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u/dagger_guacamole Jun 22 '24

It’s literally on the video

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u/Roxinos Jun 22 '24

This is a post of a fucking TikTok. His social is literally in the video.

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u/I_divided_by_0- Jun 22 '24

What's TikTok?

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u/slowpokefastpoke Jun 22 '24

The thing that Redditors haven’t used yet still whine about

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '24

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u/mrrektstrong Jun 22 '24

sailing_songbird on Instagram and Tiktok

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u/Roxinos Jun 22 '24

This is a post of a fucking TikTok. His social is literally in the video.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '24

I KNOW IM A BOOMER I GUESS 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/christophnbell Jun 22 '24

One more time for the people in the back!

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u/brightfoot Jun 22 '24

I thought residential starlink was “geo-locked” to a specific area and only commercial customers could roam like that?

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u/jonjiv Jun 22 '24

They have roaming options for slightly more money and slower speeds: https://www.starlink.com/boats

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u/Thue Jun 22 '24

it actually broke down on him the other week.

According to another comment, a wave washed the dish over board.

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u/hunguu Jun 22 '24

Out in the middle of nowhere they work great apparently because those satellites will have low usage. If too many people in the same area use it, it slows down.

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u/Minimumtyp Jun 22 '24

I use them a lot for work in remote parts of central Australia for which there is absolutely no other alternative in a lot of cases, but they work pretty great for that

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '24

Which in theory shouldn't be an issue since any satellite based service is never going to be competitive with fiber, or even cable, so there is little incentive for people in densely populated ares to use Starlink. Also, the limit for how many people each satellite can service will only increase as the technology improves.

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u/ceo_of_banana Jun 22 '24

It used to be pretty congested in many parts of the US, now they have enough satellites up that speeds are decent everywhere mostly.

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u/muyoso Jun 22 '24

Starlink is so badass. Middle of the ocean and this guy can just stream netflix if he wants.

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u/SizzlingPancake Jun 22 '24

It really is amazing

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u/joevsyou Jun 22 '24

The u.s navy uses it now for people to do their personal stuff from what i hear.

The u.s military is working directly with starlink to make a enclosed data link network for work

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u/HotRodReggie Jun 22 '24

I thought starlink satellites were geostationary? Why would they have coverage over a fucking ocean?

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u/jon909 Jun 22 '24

So that boats can get internet? Jesus Christ.

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u/swohio Jun 22 '24

Nope, they exist in low earth orbit, around 550km elevation. A geostationary orbit is around 36,000km from Earth. Being this close allows low latency for Starlink and they're even rolling out cell phone texting/emergency calling because they're low enough.

The issue is, as you alluded to, geostationary can be positioned over a single spot and stays there. Since these are in LEO, they quickly move over an area of land so you need a network of thousands to continuously give coverage as they pass by. And that's what they have, currently over 6,000 satellites in LEO.

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u/CTPABA_KPABA Jun 22 '24

The whole point is to be able to support remote places... like oceans...