CNBC sammanfattar vad man vet om den påstådda begynnande testningen. En del har redan stått i tråden men en del är nytt. Man kommer att samköra med Microsoft. Det finns en app.
Jag menar att situationen är mycket märklig. SpaceX är ett av de mest omskrivna företagen i världen. Som citatet anger har SpaceX nyligen framhållit att Starlink har mycket god Internetfunktion. Men nu när allmänheten till slut tillåts prova sägs att man måste sänka de initiala förväntningarna. Man kallar plötsligt funktionen för "bättre än ingenting".
När Starlink fungerar så bra när anställda och utvalda provar det, varför fungerar det inte lika bra när allmänheten får använda det?
Framförallt kommunicerar inte företaget med allmänheten.
Vi får gissa från obekräftad epost till privatpersoner. Det stora nätverket CNBC kontaktar SpaceX som inte svarar.
Jag kallar detta skandal.
Andra uppfattningar om Starlink diskuteras i denna tråd:
(FB) Starlink (SpaceX), är det egentligen spionsatelliter?
Citat:
SpaceX is expanding the beta test of its Starlink satellite internet service, sending emails on Monday to people who expressed interest in signing up for the service.
Called the "Better Than Nothing Beta" test, according to multiple screenshots of the email seen by CNBC, initial Starlink service is priced at $99 a month – plus a $499 upfront cost to order the Starlink Kit.
That kit includes a user terminal to connect to the satellites, a mounting tripod and a Wi-Fi router.
SpaceX prices Starlink satellite internet service at $99 per month, according to e-mail
Called the "Better Than Nothing Beta" test, according to multiple screenshots of the email seen by CNBC, initial Starlink service is priced at $99 a month — plus a $499 upfront cost to order the Starlink Kit. That kit includes a user terminal to connect to the satellites, a mounting tripod and a Wi-Fi router. There is also now a Starlink app listed by SpaceX on the Google Play and Apple iOS app stores.
"As you can tell from the title, we are trying to lower your initial expectations," the emails said,
The emails, sent to an unspecified number of users, marks the launch of SpaceX's public beta test of the emerging internet service. For the last few months SpaceX has conducted a limited private beta test with employees — which the company has said showed strong results in both latency and download speeds, key measures for an internet service provider.
SpaceX did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment.
To date, SpaceX has launched nearly 900 Starlink satellites
rapidly expanding to near global coverage of the populated world by 2021
SpaceX earlier this month announced a partnership with Microsoft to connect the tech giant's Azure cloud computing network to the Starlink network.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/10/27/...st-begins.html