european·Europeanbymisk Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield operating at 400 kph after week of throttlinghttps://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-starlink-starshield-operating-400-kph-after-week-throttling-2026-10-24/Open linkView original on piefed.social8Comments7Reply
ExtremeDullard piefed.social5Hide 5 repliesA satellite network working at 400 kph? What does that even mean?4Reply
uusername_1 replydiscuss.tchncs.de3Hide 3 repliesThat's the speed of the land antenna, obviously.0Reply
ExtremeDullard replypiefed.social2Hide 2 replies obviously Not that obvious. The entire article is constructed as if the throttling limited the speed of the link itself to some hundreds of kilometers per hour. This sentence from the article for instance: connection speeds had been reduced to about 160 kph or less. 2Reply
apfelwoiSchoppen replylemmy.worldI have to assume that the dolt writing the article was informed about throughput speeds in kbps or kb/s and confused it with satellite or antenna velocity? Edit, I'm the very wrong one.2Reply
uusername_1 replydiscuss.tchncs.deJournalists are infamous for their incapability of using any measurement systems. No idea why, but it is how they write articles around the world.1Reply
uusername_1 discuss.tchncs.deBut no refineries were burning recently. Coincidence? I don't think so...1Reply
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A satellite network working at 400 kph? What does that even mean?
How do you think airplane wifi works? It is amazing though.
That's the speed of the land antenna, obviously.
Not that obvious. The entire article is constructed as if the throttling limited the speed of the link itself to some hundreds of kilometers per hour.
This sentence from the article for instance:
I have to assume that the dolt writing the article was informed about throughput speeds in kbps or kb/s and confused it with satellite or antenna velocity?Edit, I'm the very wrong one.
Journalists are infamous for their incapability of using any measurement systems. No idea why, but it is how they write articles around the world.
But no refineries were burning recently. Coincidence? I don't think so...