and so we are in radio range again…
Having crossed the paddock (Eyre hwy). we noticed we had no data or signal for about our mobile phones. We were told to get a Star link system. However, We hate Elon Musk. So, what options do we have?
Appreciate any advice…
Bulgarian Umbrella said:
and so we are in radio range again…Having crossed the paddock (Eyre hwy). we noticed we had no data or signal for about our mobile phones. We were told to get a Star link system. However, We hate Elon Musk. So, what options do we have?
Appreciate any advice…
RFDS used to rent out HF radios, a longtime ago.
There’s the Iridium network.
https://www.australiasatellite.com/Iridium-Satellite-Phones-Australia-Satellite-s/719.htm
but it ain’t cheap, no sir.
SkyMuster
A fair sort satellite phone set-up, not over-the-top, will probably cost you $2,000 – $3,000.
captain_spalding said:
A fair sort satellite phone set-up, not over-the-top, will probably cost you $2,000 – $3,000.
Which is peanuts, if it saves your life.
Bulgarian Umbrella said:
and so we are in radio range again…Having crossed the paddock (Eyre hwy). we noticed we had no data or signal for about our mobile phones. We were told to get a Star link system. However, We hate Elon Musk. So, what options do we have?
Appreciate any advice…
I mean you’ve got to live your life, get Starlink if you have to.
dv said:
Bulgarian Umbrella said:
and so we are in radio range again…Having crossed the paddock (Eyre hwy). we noticed we had no data or signal for about our mobile phones. We were told to get a Star link system. However, We hate Elon Musk. So, what options do we have?
Appreciate any advice…
I mean you’ve got to live your life, get Starlink if you have to.
At least one outfit rents them out:
You can not like Elon Musk and still get StarLink – the two are not mutually exclusive.
There really isn’t any other mobile satellite telecommunications platform that is readily commercial available.
diddly-squat said:
You can not like Elon Musk and still get StarLink – the two are not mutually exclusive.
There really isn’t any other mobile satellite telecommunications platform that is readily commercial available.
Not unless you want to go ‘professional’, with Iridium or Inmarsat.
I love walking.
Isn’t there some way of sneakily using Star Link without paying for it?
Bubblecar said:
Isn’t there some way of sneakily using Star Link without paying for it?
No. Starlink uses encryption, of this sort:
https://www.st.com/en/secure-mcus/stsafe-a100.html
like just about everything else, and, for now at least, that’s pretty secure.Even if you cloned a Starlink chip, Starlink will easily see that the same subscription is used in two dishes.
Maybe think of it as keeping some poor worker that has to see musk on the daily in wages…
If you prank call Musk using Starlink it cancels out
Bubblecar said:
Isn’t there some way of sneakily using Star Link without paying for it?
Bloody left wingers.
Bubblecar said:
Isn’t there some way of sneakily using Star Link without paying for it?
You want us to steal stuff from Elon?
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
Isn’t there some way of sneakily using Star Link without paying for it?
You want us to steal stuff from Elon?
Would that be ‘terrorism’?
starlink is the only service that gives you full, and useful, internet. others give voice, text, and limited data and internet.