Why Elon Musk is Really Building Starlink

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Your internet isn't in space. It's in the ocean. But that might change, and here's why.
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Elon Musk tweeted that Starlink satellite internet service is now available in Ukraine. What does that really mean? Why is it important? And if it’s a big new thing that the internet is in space then… where was it before? In this video, I dive deep into how your internet gets to you right now, why Elon Musk wants to put it in space, and why it all matters.
We’re in the middle of the Internet Space Race. It’s not just Elon with Starlink and SpaceX, it's also Jeff Bezos with Project Kuiper… oh and don’t forget Richard Branson with OneWeb. Why do all these billionaires want to put your internet in space? So much so that they’re willing to put millions of dollars on the line, weather geomagnetic storms, and launch thousands of satellites into orbit, all in an attempt to change the way millions of people get their (your!) internet.
But this is more than just a fight between billionaires. It’s a fight for the future of the internet. It’s an effort to get connected the billions of people who still, in 2022, don’t have access to high speed internet - or can’t afford the cost given the way it’s being provided today.
This is a story about ambition, connection, and a WHOLE LOT of crazy cool engineering.
I show 3 maps in this video that you might enjoy exploring for yourself:
- Submarine cable map: www.submarinecablemap.com/
- Share of the population using the internet: ourworldindata.org/grapher/sh...
- Starlink satellite map: satellitemap.space/
Chapters:
00:00 The Internet Space Race has begun
01:15 How does the internet work?
05:03 Why put the internet in space?
10:37 How does Starlink work?
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Bio:
Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated video producer and journalist. Cleo produces detailed explainer stories about technology and economics. She wrote the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained, was the host and a senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, as well as a host and producer of Vox’s RU-vid Originals show, Glad You Asked. She now makes her own independent show, Huge If True. Each episode takes on one big technology innovation or idea, explains what it is, and helps people imagine the ways it could improve the world we live in by answering one simple question: If this works, what could go right?
Sources I read/watched for this video and think you might enjoy:
- “Why SpaceX is Making Starlink,” Real Engineering • Why SpaceX is Making S...
- “Gaming on STARLINK!!” Linus Tech Tips • Gaming on STARLINK!!
- “What Elon Musk's 42,000 Satellites Could Do To Earth,” Tech Insider • What Elon Musk's 42,00...
- “Why Starlink is crucial for SpaceX’s success,” CNBC • Why Starlink Is Crucia...
- “Starlink explained - why SpaceX needs 42,000 satellites,” Undecided with Matt Ferrell • Starlink explained - w...
- “It’s time for a new approach for mapping broadband data to better serve Americans,” Microsoft blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-is...
- “Broadband for all: charting a path to economic growth,” Deloitte www2.deloitte.com/content/dam...
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Camera: Sony A7SIII
Lens: Sony 16-35 mm F2.8 GM
Audio: Sennheiser SK AVX and Zoom H4N Pro
Music: Musicbed
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Welcome to the joke down low (an idea 100% in reference to Answer In Progress’ awesome “joke below the fold” - I always scroll down to see them and always wanted to do this myself too):
How do trees access the internet?
They log in.
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@CleoAbram 2 года назад

oh god. "Daddy Bezos" is a meme! I thought I was all cool with a reference, and wow am I not cool. got it, no more of that 🥴

@b16tran 2 года назад

definitely keep doing it -- it's your personal style which is your differentiator. though for fairness sake, you should've snuck in a papa musk somewhere.

@thecashier930 2 года назад

Please don't stop! The montage in the beginning and that phrase absolutley killed me. I'm still chuckling a few hours later tbh.

@brycewaslak1920 2 года назад

I thought it was funny haha

@gamerlifeon8794 2 года назад

No, it was cool of you to add that, you have to also make your videos a little bit relatable and entertaining. So memes prove to be a good option there.

@NeuraPod 2 года назад

I enjoyed it. Keep being you!

@IzHarris 2 года назад

I strongly endorse the cat internet concept. This was so good cleo, your excitement comes through and it makes it SO fun to learn alongside you.

@chrislanejones 2 года назад

Can we have cats delivering videos of meme cat videos delivering the internet. 🤯

@Psi105 2 года назад

The internet is a series of cats running through tubes

@sumeetbhardwaj5550 2 года назад

When is your video dropping?

@RR-et6zp 2 года назад

to pay for mars

@mjcat5000 2 года назад

Cat News Network. 😂😂Love it.

@blissweb 11 месяцев назад

As a tech nerd, this is a really important video for everyone in the world to see. ps. I hope my 5 year old daughter grows up to be as smart, articulate and curious as you. You're such an inspiration for the next generation. Don't ever stop making these videos. 👍

@peanutbutterdijonnaisesandwich 11 месяцев назад

Right?! I can’t wait to share Cleo with my inquisitive toddler son once he’s a bit older. 😁

@CC-iu7sq 10 месяцев назад

She also threw some subtle inaccurate shade at musk. She said at the end of the video that Starlink is for the wealthy. $2500 for the hardware and $250 per month is not expensive to your average American. She’s becoming more and more far left. It’s rather annoying at this point.

@kiyoponnn 9 месяцев назад

you're not a tech nerd, you're a pretender

@kiyoponnn 9 месяцев назад

@@CC-iu7sq no she is correct. starlink aims for global availability, plus you are assuming based on your confirmation bias. Just because you and people around you can afford it, it does not mean that most americans can. edit: also some friendly advice that is helpful for everyone, do not obsess over politics. All politicians do is lie and steal. Same goes for the ultrarich.

@kiyoponnn 9 месяцев назад

@@CC-iu7sq and speaking of elon's misdeeds you should watch j aubrey's expose on him to understand the kind of scammer he truly is

@SecondLifeDesigner Год назад

The problem with Starlink and other space based internet systems is in order to get latency down to an acceptable level you have to have your satellites in low Earth orbit. Low Earth orbit means these satellites will have a very short life expectancy of just a few years as their orbits decay and they burn up or crash back to Earth. The means you must replace tens of thousands of satellites every few years to keep it up and running. Undersea cables last a minimum of 25 years.

@Freddy18w 11 месяцев назад

Can they have thrusters to keep them in orbit?

@raiden542 11 месяцев назад

@@Freddy18w yes, its how the ISS stayed in orbit for so long, OP is wrong here, satellites stay a very long time in LEO.

@specialkonacid6574 11 месяцев назад

low earth orbit also makes the satelittes more vulnerable to damage from solar activity

@shantanugote 11 месяцев назад

in India we are lucky to have better faster and cheaper internet in every corner of country currently jio is currently giving 1gbps on mobile network is very wide area of range and 500-350mbps in most of country by other providers so i guess if government institute and corporate institute work together in compitatative environment where monopoly is no existing we get good internet ❤😊

@supergrafxengine4620 10 месяцев назад

You don't need to be near earth to do low latency..... Starling is polluting our space. You really have to stop giving money to that Ponzi schemer Elon . Wake up!

@edrose5045 Год назад

I'm genuinely impressed with your technical knowledge and how you're able to explain it in such an easy to understand way. So many journalists either can't or don't take the time to understand these things, and as a technical person I can usually pick holes in their explaination. You got this all spot on

@katarinamarinkovic8661 2 года назад

The fact that you literally give a free lecture on such topics like this one is incredible. Thank you so much for your research, your content and presentation. So many people can benefit from this and might even start doing some research on their own. You rock Cleo!

@johnnybravohonk6964 2 года назад

You paid with your time.

@Skunkhunt_42 2 года назад

Go put that comment in a MIT open courseware video. Seriously

@edwardtse8631 2 года назад

seriously, is this the first tutorial you watch on youtube?

@acenull0 2 года назад

Agreed. I watched one video and subscribed. Great quality and coverage

@mremtb7689 Год назад

I would not really classify this as a lecture. More like fun facts entertainment

@johnshields3658 6 месяцев назад

Watching this from Zambia, on a new Starlink. Just a massive, massive difference

@snorttroll4379 20 дней назад

Is mufasa there? Did u have the elephant cooling meeti gs today? But seriously. Why dont space x etc serve say china with unscencored inrernet? Will they shoot dowm the satellites?

@bigl6322 7 месяцев назад

One of those geek types here, just wanted to compliment you on your ability to make the fundamentals grock-friendly to lay people. Over my 40 year career I learned to explain how an X-ray is created or how an MRI works in a manner that a 10 year old can understand, and that’s a completely separate skill set from the geekdom itself!! Good job, and I learned a few things from you here myself…thanks! Subscribed

@theinterstellarfeller 2 года назад

As an avid fan of your content AND an astrophotographer, thank you for mentioning one of the downsides of Starlink! Greatly appreciated.

@sebastianorye2702 2 года назад

You're not wrong, but it seems as if this downside of Starlink often is exaggerated. Starlink and SpaceX have been in talks with top Professional astronomers and have left them pleased. They cited that some amateur astronomers might still be unhappy, but the International Professional community is pleased. Some of the changes that have been made to the Satellites was the new coating or exterior shell which would reflect much less light, as well as altering its angling towards the earth. Another thing Important to mention is the fact that Starlink Satellites are much less reflective once reaching final orbit, with most of cited photos and videos being the weeks following the launch and hence when they arent in position. Hope this clears up some of the misconceptions.

@snuffeldjuret 2 года назад

Personally I don't worry about Starlink, I worry about Kuiper

@headdown1 Год назад

@@sebastianorye2702 As an astrophotographer and Starlink user I too am interested in this problem. And I am curious as to why it is felt that this will affect amateurs more than professionals? I have not heard this, nor that that professional astronomers are now happy. Can you tell me where to read more about this? Even in final orbit and with less reflective paint, I can't imagine any astrophotographer not recording the satellite trails. On the other hand, I must say that I have NOT seen an increase yet in satellite trails in my images. But I think that it is just a matter of time.

@yw6602 8 месяцев назад

why so?@@snuffeldjuret

@snuffeldjuret 8 месяцев назад

@@yw6602 because they haven't demonstrated that they care as much.

@irishguy0193 2 года назад

I absolutely loved this video. I'm getting an actual internet connection after 3 years (moving away from mom and dad's for the first time post college). Internet infrastructure is such a huge talking point for the rural community I've been living in. This video hit the nail on the head. Cool video Cleo! 😃

@larryscarr3897 4 месяца назад

I live in the woods of north Canada, I have satellite internet, not musk, cuz his crap sucks power like a junkie sucks up crack. My internet is fast and pulls 30w router and wifi.. musk junk pulls 100w and costs way more and it is not reliable. I did have to cut a few trees, but that was for the solar panels, not directly for satellite. What provider do you use, and how is it working for you?

@irishguy0193 4 месяца назад

@@larryscarr3897 Oh, I just moved to a bigger city, so I'm using a bigger provider now. But for my folks, some of them are using a 5G hot spit device that's working incredibly well for them.

@moi5219 7 месяцев назад

That cat drawing almost made me cry. Humans are am. The joy you bring to learning echoes my own which I find so rarely and it is so beautiful to see shining out in the wilds of RU-vid. Thank you for researching creating and thanks to your team. Please keep up the fantastic work.

@nimnutz2010 8 месяцев назад

Randomly Came Across Your Channel, This Video. Loved the Narration and research. Simple and Technical at the Same Time. I had to subscribe 5 Mins into watching, and was hooked till the End. Great Job. All the Best ... Looking forward to more Great Stuff.

@KreatorX1029 2 года назад

I love how ~10 min of the video was focused on building up, by showing the existing infra - this is what makes this video (and the channel!) different from other videos that are just “this would be so cool” speculations, with little to gain from them, until the thing actually happens. This video, on the other hand, taught me quite a bit in a span of ~10 min (that I didn’t appreciate before, for sure) before going on to making fact-based predictions. Love the editing choice here. Thanks, Cleo :)

@CleoAbram 2 года назад

This is exactly the comment I was hoping for when I made this video! I'm so so glad it was helpful.

@simonrodriguez4685 2 года назад

@@CleoAbram Yes, it’s edge of the chair intensity from beginning to end. The build up is remarkable.

@AkashKanodia 2 года назад

I love how Cleo puts everything in her head all together in an organised, bitable and fun-to-learn videos! 😄

@elektrotehnik94 2 года назад

This guy gets it.

@eitkoml Год назад

But she never covered why these companies are doing it. Why are they launching all of these satellites into orbit when it could not possibly make a profit and the vast majority of people in underserved, remote areas could not possibly afford the high cost of Starlink. Hopefully it won't result in Kessler Syndrome.

@SteviusMaximus Год назад

Cleo, awesome video(s)! Love your enthusiasm, research, and production! I actually worked on cable ships for years and it is great to see some cool video about how it all fits together! Thank you!

@tylerpalmer8973 5 месяцев назад

I don't know how this happened, but I've only recently stumbled across this channel. Like, within the last few days. I absolutely love it. Love how accessible you make the nerdy stuff I enjoy to consume!

@jm4981 2 года назад

This a well made video... you're presenting info as if it's new to both of us but you're so clear and fluid that I suspect you actually honestly understand all of this yourself amd that makes the presentation 2x better

@imagnihton2 Год назад

Huge fan of your work, the way the information is laid out... you're a gem ! I thank you so much for your efforts and of your team. Greatly appreciated!

@coma3550 8 месяцев назад

So much Info packed into one Vid, Well done. Subscribed.

@ipsuvedi 9 месяцев назад

I stumbled across this video... and liked the entire channel. So informative and practical. Liked subscribed and commented here 😄

@JimmyKeeseeJr 2 года назад

I'm watching this over several layered VPNs from China. I've wondered a time or two how many of those cables I'm using at any given time. Love your channel and your general outlook. Great content. Thanks for choosing to create it!

@Amphictyon1 Год назад

Cleo, you're truly gifted, and you obviously work very hard (production value and presentation: off the charts). I'm amazed that your great lessons don't have millions of views.

@e.alexaquino8112 Год назад

I have a lot of background on this. And Cleo - this is the first deep dive gets the story right and balanced. Fantastic work! ❤

@timothylindsay3244 11 месяцев назад

Great video Cleo. Clear, concise and at the optimum level of detail to understand the state of the transmission tech and the issues with each alternative. I live on my sailboat and am tracking Starlink’s growth. I’ll be likely to purchase it when they sort out their pr icing plans for recreational boaters. PS: I recently slipped my boat at Port Covington Marina in Baltimore, “next door” to the Subcom cable laying company. Fascinating technology.

@matandoeltempo 2 года назад

Five or six videos in, this is already my favorite educational channel. The rationally optimist point of view, the high quality research and... Cleo. Your vibe uplifts me every time. So awesome. Thank you.

@sinesiopaco 2 года назад

This is awesome. I love how you put the concepts in a nutshell and are very easy to grasp. Loving your work Cleo!

@dimitardobrev3296 Год назад

Thank you Cleo. Tip-top content, seriously appreciated. Love your Channel and your teams dedication to high quality. May you all live long and prosper.

@verenafreit4197 5 месяцев назад

I just LOVE your content, Cleo. They way you explain such complex themes in such a simple way is a big accomplishment all by itself. But the thing that actually makes me come back to your channel is that you give me a feeling of hope for the future. Amidst all the fearmongering, you are a ray of light. Thank you for that!

@glaydsonp 2 года назад

Girl your videos are amazing! The passion and knowledge just jumps out of the screen and it's so fun to watch. Keep up the great work that you've been doing.

@JackClose 2 года назад

Incredible work as always Cleo, perfectly timed as well as I’ve been hearing more and more about this recently!

@gillaroya3529 10 месяцев назад

Love your educational fun vids Cle! Super entertaining and insightful! I worked on RF systems for years, which transmit digital signals. You explained it great!

@obsidian_Ke 8 месяцев назад

I have never met a better explained video in my entire life. This is fantastic content. 👌👏

@KILLERTX95 2 года назад

Cleo: "internet is a marvel of human ingenuity" Me (former network engineer for multiple ISPs): "the internet is a marvel of duct tape and wd40 on the levels of Macgyver and the formation of English language as a whole"

@shefchenko111 2 года назад

wtf

@KILLERTX95 2 года назад

@@shefchenko111 the words, "didn't expect it to be this big" come up way too often in the world of internet. So everyone had to Frankenstein their way to what it is now.

@LiquidReality90 2 года назад

Could you expand on that please? Computer science is a hobby of mine. How much old legacy equipment is still up and running? are any good books to read on the history of internet infrastructure. I understand it started as ARPANET.

@KILLERTX95 2 года назад

@@LiquidReality90 not a question I have ever had. I don't have any books you could read. Plainly though, previous work place rolled 20 year old Cisco's as "new" and those are replacing something even older. It's a truly staggering amount of EOL hardware out there. In ISP and networking as a whole. This is true for every isp I have contacts in too.

@MaheerKibria 2 года назад

Which makes it a bigger marvel of ingenuity.

@MarriedWithBackpacks 2 года назад

What an awesome video! Your excitement about the subject really draws me intro the video. Btw, I'm watching this video through Starlink internet. It's awesome. I live in rural Spain, completely off grid, our local ISP could only get us 30/5Mbps, not terrible, but my wife and I both work from home, so it's not enough. Both on a zoom meeting, forget about it, downloading a couple of GB in footage, well we'll get there eventually. But now everything is super fast. It's not cheap, so I would not reccomend it to everyone, but if you have a need for it, don't hesitate. It's really good.

@angellarreal2172 8 месяцев назад

I have a telecommunications bachelor degree and I loved how you summarized modulation! Thanks for sharing this knowledge and captivate everyone.

@GraydonGranata Год назад

I don't know how I found this channel but thanks for being generally excited to be a curious human being. You are a great host!

@NunoBarreto74 2 года назад

Great video and simple explanation of the differences between the different types of internet "transmission" options available. The low-orbit satellites finally made sense to me. Great job.

@aritraray3068 2 года назад

As an Electrical Engineer, this video was a delight to watch. Extremely well presented. Thank you !!

@man-observing-world Год назад

The fist video of your I’ve watched, incredibly good, definitely subscribing.

@steverodgers333 7 месяцев назад

This was so interesting. I'm new to your channel and I'm happy you popped up on my feed. Appreciate your work, thanks for sharing. Liked & Subscribed!!!

@Sampsonoff 2 года назад

I wish you addressed the cost of Starlink from a user perspective. The transceiver costs hundreds of US dollars up front and a high monthly subscription fee($500 upfront for the basic unit; $2500 for the high speed unit + $500 monthly fee). Far too expensive for poor families in the developing world. Sure expenses will drop over time but it’s a serious piece of equipment. Also the transceiver uses a lot of electricity which is nonexistent or in short supply in many rural communities. The required electricity infrastructure (ignoring building new power plants etc) that needs to be installed for starlink to be accessible for many families means we should consider the comparative cost of installing traditional internet cables or increasing 4/5G cell tower infrastructure which already has fast, reliable internet. Developing countries already have increasingly wipe spread 3G towers since most people have cellphones already. Laptops are an uncommon luxury but also not required for most modern internet usage. Having a starlink transceiver at home is in fact limiting to individual mobility since you can only access internet on its limited wifi range. Instead, cell tower infrastructure enables seamless internet access a large region enabling the individual more freedom to move around for work, school, etc.. Considering cell tower infrastructure is being installed regardless in developing countries, why not put the investment there. It’s far more effective at broad access to everyone in a region. I don’t think people realize how expensive and energy grid reliant starlink transceiver units are or how limited their range is (it’s just wifi). Many think you can connect directly to the internet satellites

@sarjulia 2 года назад

Thank you!! I was going through the comments, astounded that no one had mentioned this.

@bretthartzell2426 Год назад

Great video! You have a unique way of thoroughly explaining all the details while keeping it lighthearted.

@aicamp4 3 месяца назад

your videos are pretty funny for me -- cause what i thought was this was all general information, and knowning some of the topics, the analogies/simplifications you draw make me smile. Happy to see you're helping bridge the general knowledge gap. To add to the stability problem you mentioned: space weather (such as solar flares or thick clouds within the propogation path) in addition to other blockages. Not to mention the space junk in orbit (be it satellites crashing into them, adding to the space junk as the tech is improved).

@TheGmodUser 11 месяцев назад

12:20 starlink does not yet do satalite to satalite transfere, so they techincally depend on those underwater cabels.

@parthkadam8493 2 года назад

I love how informative your videos are, keep it up!!!

@SebastianMuriel 2 года назад

My new favorite routine: eating lunch while watching a new episode of Huge if True. Awesome video! This one is so timely and fascinating!

@rosecoloredrhythms7088 9 месяцев назад

always great info. where do you get you/your team get the background music for yalls videos?

@donnafutrell77 19 дней назад

After years of no Internet at my home and that cellular service, I now have Starlink and has changed my world! my daughter now has Internet to do her online classwork as well when we had no other options.

@ishankumar3220 2 года назад

Thank you very much Cleo for such amazing content. Hats off to your research and work ethic

@simonrodriguez4685 2 года назад

Truly astonishing, but so is the resemblance with preceding technologies. Fiber optic cables are kind of a light speed, light based telegraph, as much as a nuclear power plant still relies on steam.

@agps4418 Год назад

i have been using starlink for a month, in a really rural place, in an oppressive country. The liberation starlink gives feels like i am born anew. i can now cook for myself (thanks youtube) i can provide electricity for myself (thanks again youtube) and i can do some hustle for my future. my life is changing just because of starlink. And to think that a government deprive its people of it.

@Yabberfrat 8 месяцев назад

I love your use (or your media team's use) of Tony Anderson's 'Halo' Just after the 7 minute 30 second mark! That album is one of my favorites!!❤

@iamharishkashyap 2 года назад

Waited for this one for a long time, and finally it’s here. I think the Internet has become a fundamental right of people these days. Compared to five-six years ago, the Internet was unaffordable. But, today, I can’t imagine that we’re getting cheap internet access here in India. A great video, and kudos to you for your research. Journalism at its best! 👏🏻❤️

@GavinColbert 2 года назад

Soooo good Cleo! Would also love to learn more about what happened recently with the solar storm that knocked out a bunch of Starlink satellites...something about them being in too low of an orbital path

@harvey66616 2 года назад

That would be as relevant as including discussions about ship anchors ripping up telecom cables from the ocean floor (which happens from time to time). The solar storm heated the atmosphere a bit, causing it to expand enough to cause increased drag on a group of recently-launched satellites that hadn't reached their final orbit altitude yet. They didn't have enough thrust available to move higher to their destination altitude, and so wound up "de-orbited" by the drag. It was unfortunate, but not in any way a relevant plot point in the broader narrative about satellite-based Internet service.

@TheGronk 11 месяцев назад

I love how you explain these concepts. I even enjoy how you stumble into the paid promotions.Please keep them coming Cleo xxx

@NotUrAvgPodcast 8 месяцев назад

Your videos are amazing. I discovered you through your collaborations with MKBHD and it led me to your channel and I am not been disappointed 😁

@themeandrousengineer Год назад

This is some really great content. I feel like it exemplifies what good the internet and RU-vid can be used for.

@joshdanns9172 2 года назад

Amazing content Cleo! Very eager to see you grow and share more videos like these. We really appreciate it :-)

@michelthakur Год назад

Great presentation. I will Wana be a subscriber, very pertinent questions for a common man, thank god you are pvt and dont stick to the usual knowledge channels. Thanks for all the good work!

@joshadamik6131 6 месяцев назад

Cleo Im a bit late but You are very good at this, I complement all your hard work, this was very impressive & kept my attention thank you.

@akshatsiuuu 2 года назад

A really great start to a video and amazing follow through ☺️

@pianorockers8190 2 года назад

What a truly remarkable video loved it... to be honest I feel that these questions are very much asked like how does the satellite know the waves and how is it changed to light... these binary waves and emissions intrigued all...many questions I feel are and might be unanswered like is there a point where space ends or the scientists from an Era where colonialism was seen as the future invent so many great thing but ya I hope these get answered one day and I hope it is explained easily by people like you... love from India

@felipemoraleja5280 11 месяцев назад

I's crazy how you Cleo tell us the information I learned years ago, yet you make it YOUR way, and here I am watching it, giving you money essentially for free. Crazy how your job is to tell us information we already know (or isn't indispensable) and yet you still make money off if it. Hats off to you for finding and exploiting this loophole.

@jamesmilne6351 4 месяца назад

Your content is so well crafted. It is easy to understand and follow. Thank you for your content from a new subscriber 🎉

@robertallenmcdowell 2 года назад

I've had Starlink for months and it's awesome!! It replaced my rural 12Mb DSL with a 285Mb internet firehose connection that handles 10 devices effortlessly. We stream everything with no data caps. Elon is my Hero.

@Bluepaccao 2 года назад

That sounds great! Can I ask, how much does it cost?

@ross-carlson Год назад

You need MUCH better heroes.

@robertallenmcdowell Год назад

@@ross-carlson Richest guy in the world with a sense of humor works for me

@Deontjie Год назад

The moment Elon advocated free speech, some Americans who worshipped him started to dislike him. And most of the US media houses started running negative articles about him.

@bricewgilbert Год назад

@@robertallenmcdowell I mean this aged poorly 10 years before it was even posted, but it's even more rotten now. I love it.

@alexlabs4858 Год назад

Was an RF engineer for a few years. I think you did a fantastic job of explaining modulation/how waves become binary code! It’s so complicated that I, a professional with an extremely good understanding of this topic, left the industry only two years ago, and when I see how much has changed in that short time I’m just 🤯

@NguyenNhan-uw1gz Год назад

A small correction: do not confuse the term 'bandwidth' with 'throughput', because they are different from each other. Bandwidth is the range in (radio) frequency where a radiowave can operate, e.g.: your WiFi signal is a 5 GHz signal with a bandwidth of 20 MHz (this means that the frequency of your signal is between 4.98 GHz and 5.02 GHz). Throughput is the number of bits that you can send within a time period (e.g. 100 Mbps, 100 mega bits per second).

@jacquelinegibson7420 Год назад

We were very glad of Starlink in NZ a few months ago when floods took out many bridges carrying the fibre cables...it was a life saver.

@InternetPersons Год назад

I feel like a lot of the problems that satellite internet providers are trying to solve would be better solved by forcing ISPs to actually expand their coverage or better yet for municipal broadband to expand ground-based internet coverage. There are also things like fixed-point wireless internet services and 5G that can expand ground-based coverage without needing to build out fiber optic cables everywhere.

@Curt_Sampson 11 месяцев назад

Yes. The U.S. for example, could start by not letting the sole commercial fibre provider in an area sue municipalities who try to set up their own fibre for their own communities. It's not unusual in certain areas of the U.S. that you can't get cheap fibre because the governments and courts have decided that it must be a monopoly owned by a private company. Probably even more helpful would be a bit of regulation to make the market more free and open. Don't allow companies that provide local loops to provide Internet access (or even own ISPs), but instead make them sell the local loop service on an equitable basis to separate ISPs. Here in Japan I have only two choices of where to get my fibre local loop (NTT or Usen, both about $50/month), but on NTT I have a choice of more than two dozen ISPs, ranging from $5/month consumer services to $75/month business services that give me eight static IP addresses intended to be used for hosting servers. We don't have any "net neutrality" laws or even discussion here because any ISP that starts trying to limit their customers' access will quickly find their customers moving to another ISP. It's ironic that it's in the more "socialist" countries that you actually get market competition in this area (and others), and in the U.S. you too often don't.

@TROBassGuitar 9 месяцев назад

@@Curt_SampsonCapitalism is about killing the competition, some times literally

@pedrofvrito 2 года назад

As a postdoc researcher in networking engineering, this video is amazing! Great work 💫

@CleoAbram 2 года назад

thank you so much!! means a lot, as an absolutely-no-education-in-network-engineering, to hear that someone like you likes it!

@rajadhirajmaharaj 2 года назад

@@CleoAbram nice sarcasm. :D "u do phd, i do youtube. wassup beta!" style.

@AngelicaFWhite 7 месяцев назад

You did an exceptional job explaining complex technology make it simple and fun! This is a gift

@jakeupnorth21 10 месяцев назад

You’re extremely skilled at what you do, and how you convey your information. I enjoy learning from you!

@wendellcrim8647 2 года назад

For my rural location, bringing fiber to the house is approximately $15,000. Starlink cost $500. Speed is fast and latency is low. If the house has "defensible space" for wildfire, then Starlink is not obstructed by trees.

@cleo137 2 года назад

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@SamWulfign 2 года назад

I agree with most points about this, however Astronmers complaining about this also needs to take into account why this is needed, yes it's blocking your view of the stellar objects, but it is also needed for rural and regional residents of many countries, In situations like Natural disasters. During the 2019 fires in australia I was on satalite internet and that was my only source of getting reliable data to keep me and my mother safe. My phone was unable to get signals due to the smoke, but the satalite was able to pick up the internet thus keeping me always informed about what was going on. There needs to be agreements and information sharing between all parties when it comes to this, and I'm also of the opinion that we need to start moving asteroid/meteor tracking into orbit and potentially the moon, this is really the only way we'll be able to keep most parties happy in this regard. Additionally I am on starlink now and I honestly couldn't be happier with the service I'm getting, it's the most reliable internet I have ever gotten. occasional cutouts and downs but realitively tolerable.

@aldunlop4622 Месяц назад

My mate in Tassie loves it, raves about it. We play online games together, and he gets better pings than I do, in Sydney!

@xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479 11 месяцев назад

Hello from Switzerland, well explained and generally understandable, maybe fewer people are afraid that they have deleted the internet 😂. We in Switzerland have fiber optic connections at least in the cities, but also quite a lot even in smaller, rural towns (10 Gbit/s upload/download for only around $45 per month). In this respect we can be happy, especially since the mobile data network is quite well developed. I recently saw fiber optics being laid in the US, in the example across a road, a cut about 15 25 cm deep in the asphalt, push cables in and close with repair asphalt. Fast and inexpensive; but sorry, as soon as the road is torn up for a tarpaulin or someone else digs a hole, the probability that the cable will be damaged should not be small. I don't understand why you don't take a little more money and do it right, sustainably and reliably. As you mentioned, Starlink & co makes sense where there is no or only poor infrastructure for the Internet, and then relocating the satellites according to the situation is also a clever idea. When it comes to the speed of data exchange between the satellites, however, you have to take into account that it may be faster than via fiber optic cable (because of the vacuum in space), but somehow the data should come back to earth, where, as is well known, there is no vacuum, so, in the end this exchange is incidental, since it is irrelevant for the users as such. An attempt is made here to turn a possible defect into a sales argument, because the exchange would not be necessary at all if the satellites always had a connection to their earthly Internet connection; if this is missing, it will be compensated via one of the other satellites. This is advantageous for the end user because he should always have a connection, but insignificant in terms of speed.

@keithadams529 10 месяцев назад

You have this awesome ability to make really detailed and difficult concepts easy for the common person. It’s a great skill to own. I’m hooked.

@Shwammi Год назад

Great encapsulation of the overall subject. Totally agree with your sentiments. And a pleasure to watch - I just sent links to a few friends and family to help spread technical and sociological aspects. Just recently got Starlink for my parents who live in a rural community with spotty internet options. Starlink is an amazing step forward. (I was forged in the times of 300 baud modems..... ). Thank you for the great video. Subscribed!

@807800 2 года назад

Good video!. I just have one thing to say, I think you should also mention the ongoing effort by SpaceX to mitigate the Astronomer complaint. They have been actively working with the Astronomer to address this issue since the beginning and continue in doing so. Like painting the satellite dark (too hot, failed), equipping a sun visor to each satellite to reduce its visibility, turning off the satellite transmission when passing a sensitive radio telescope.

@realestatecoachestv Год назад

Her liberal self won’t allow her to do that. She and Johnny Harris are doing a good job for the Democratic Party on RU-vid by pushing the liberal agenda 👏🏽👏🏽

@moth5799 Год назад

@@realestatecoachestv The Democratic party is not "liberal", that's an insult to real, Roman ideals. No American party cares about liberty or freedom, America is a theocratic dictatorship and has been since 1954.

@ricksonpimentel6880 6 месяцев назад

Amazing! It made me understand how the internet travels in a very simple and precise way. Thanks Cleo!!

@ToryBohn 11 месяцев назад

i watched this via Starlink which i've been using for the better part of 2 years, and it's comparible to most peoples fiber in speed and stability. Customer since May 2021. As a Software Engineer it was a life saver when my work switched to full time work from home during the pandemic, and i was previously relying on hughesnet and a shoddy hotspot. Thanks to all of this the ground based providers, which can still provide it with faster speeds and cheaper are getting around to running cable, finally.

@mitchcameron 2 года назад

Thanks for the video, although Musk has said he needed Starlink for communication on mars and that earth was just the first step. It’s a much bigger play than just cheap internet for him at least.

@cleo137 2 года назад

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@mundanelark1852 Год назад

Same thing with The Boring Company, practicing drilling for Mars.

@CuriousJet Год назад

Love your enthusiasm, I could feel it across time and space! I’d hit the like button 100 times, manually, if RU-vid let me, that’s how good your content is 👍

@normalman3939 7 месяцев назад

whatttt aaaaa videeooooooo!!! i got goosebumps alll the time like!!! what a script!! not even a single sentence was unworthy! CLEO IS THE GOAT!

@DeepakShakyaaa 9 месяцев назад

YOU ARE AWESOME @cleoabram, There is too much information about how things go wrong that we need to balance it with the hope, and you are the shining star in that area, hope more people joins you in this race. We need more hope nor dispair. lot of respect and love, Deepak Shakya, India

@markvaughan4278 2 года назад

This is great! There are a lot of people in rural US alone who struggle with the digital divide. I can only imagine how long it would take for the rest of the world to catch up without this technology.

@BeachLookingGuy Год назад

u know, there has been sat internet for many years now.

@nunyabusiness9433 11 месяцев назад

@@BeachLookingGuy Hughesnet and its competitors are a pale imitation of actual broadband. There's no such thing as real time communication due to the latency, so it's completely ineffective for working from home, which is what will probably be the main driver of rural economic development via Starlink to begin with. We struggled to run a business using cellular internet due to the limited speed in our area. If we'd had to rely on Hughesnet, we wouldn't have been able to submit the forms the government only accepted via internet simply due to website timeouts. Current satellite internet is on the wrong side of the digital divide.

@BeachLookingGuy 11 месяцев назад

@@nunyabusiness9433 right so you think it’s sustainable to just launch thousands upon thousands of satellites for eternity so rural areas can have decent internet access?

@nunyabusiness9433 11 месяцев назад

@@BeachLookingGuy It doesn't matter if I do. They do, and they know more about it than you or I. I do know, having been on the wrong side of the digital divide, that the benefits we will gain from it world wide will be massively worth it, even at its current high cost.

@BeachLookingGuy 11 месяцев назад

@@nunyabusiness9433 aww c’mon bro just think, it’s not that hard. Is launching thousands upon thousands of satellites for niche internet sustainable?

@toddw6555 Год назад

You Cleo are such an incredible presenter of all thing geeky 👍. You relate incredibly detailed information in such a way that is beneficial to us all and delivered in a style that is wonderfully entertaining to follow while making it understandable to us. Thank you for all that you give, your efforts are well appreciated. Well worth subscribing to your channel, cheers.

@pauljackson4075 Год назад

So nice to have a professional journalist making quality videos. I’m enjoying the heck out of this channel.

@terryo5672 Год назад

Another great video. Love how you explain complex subjects.

@eapbg 2 года назад

A quick side note. At 7:19 Subaru Starlink is not the same as the Elon Musk Starlink. Subaru Starlink is more like GMs OnStar. It gives the capability to contact emergency support and whatnot. It's been around since 2015ish but don't quote me on that. My 2017 Subaru Outback has it. At least part of it uses cellular service. I recently received a notice that the 3G portion is obsolete and if I wanted to retain service I would need to upgrade the hardware to switch to 4G.

@Icefrostmiguel Год назад

I haven't bought starlink. But when my family threatened our internet provider that we would change to starlink because fibre was not available, they proceeded to install fiber in our location. It has already made an impact!

@sgholt Год назад

The fiber was probably already there...ATT installed fiber long before Google fiber was available.

@Icefrostmiguel Год назад

@@sgholt no. I can say there was not fiber, because it took 6 months since we made the call. We do know the local technicians. Its Portugal not the US. Small country, we know even the workers. Rural locations got mass fibre introduction since starlink made its way into the Portuguese market.

@kimalexschwartz 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting video regarding satellite internet services. Speaking as a nerd, this video focused almost solely on layer 1 in the OSI 7 layer reference model, where the internet service providers offers layer 1-3 while 4-7 are being used by the internet customers themselves for peer to peer communication. By the way, remember that there of needs to be the same infrastructure on land plus customer access network as the sea infrastructure. Fun fact, the fiber optic cable shown is a double layer cable, which are only used for parts of the cable route where additional reinforcement are needed. Normally at the deep seas, single layer reinforcement are used, since less reinforcement costs less.

@borisvaiser 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, Cleo. You are the champion. No wonder you have more than a million subscribers

@seanbrynda2961 2 года назад

Before there was the internet, lumberjacks were logging on trees all day.

@zhihangtan578 10 месяцев назад

I like that she explains everything so detailed that even a person without any technical background could understand😳 Love the video!

@peircedan 8 месяцев назад

It is not detailed. Quite the opposite. She equated the internet to the cables that carry the signals between continents. There is so much more than that to the internet.

@jonathanmartin7287 7 месяцев назад

@@peircedan exactly

@gufredd9675 4 месяца назад

You are a very good communicator and teacher. Thank you for your hard work. 👍

@someguyinthechat261 11 месяцев назад

You doing the work to figure out how they lay the lines super deep is impressive details like that are awesome.

@pspgoman9934 2 года назад

Hey Cleo, great video. I did want to point out that fiber and satellite aren't the only options - you can also have fixed wireless which delivers decent speeds and lower latency, and is good for rural areas.

@FernandoRodriguez-pj5uh Год назад

The issue is coverage you still need to setup towers and those towers need to be fed with fiber for you to offer decent speeds. Only the last mile is done wirelessly the back haul still needs fiber if you don’t get good cellphone coverage odds are your wireless internet connection will suck.

@damham5689 Год назад

@@FernandoRodriguez-pj5uh using repeater stations would solve that. Its been done with microwave for decades.

@FernandoRodriguez-pj5uh Год назад

@@damham5689 Yes but whatever you want to repeat has to be fed with fiber other wise what will you repeat. And Microwaves are usually very sensitive to bad weather. Water humidity and snow are terrible. Physical barriers and loss of line of sight are big challenges. Every time you add an amplifier your signal degrades. It’s physics. You mention microwaves. They only worked with line of sight for 30-50 miles. In a country the size of the US it becomes a challenge to reach many areas and the transmitter will be away from urban areas and will need fiber to feed enough bandwidth!! Wireless internet has been around for years. Smart people work in the industry. And there are many barriers to deploy good service in rural areas. Trust me the engineers and network architects have already thought about it. I work in the industry. Line of sight is essential for a clean robust signal to any customer. And the signal will be fed by fiber anyway you slice it.

@tim290280 2 года назад

As someone who has lived rurally for a large chunk of my life, I can safely say that there is no internet company or tech firm that actually wants to service rural or poor areas. It always takes huge government monies and incentives to make happen - hence why global south countries don't have decent, or in some cases any, internet. There is more to this "race" than the press releases are telling us.

@damilareowosangba7864 2 года назад

What's more to it here? They are leveraging their expertise in launching satellites to create a reliable internet infrastructure and make money doing it....All these head scratching sceptism about the most basic things is tiring...It only displays moronic stupidity.

@tim290280 2 года назад

@@damilareowosangba7864, for someone accusing others of stupidity, it appears you aren't able to read a comment and do the lateral reading before responding.

@damilareowosangba7864 2 года назад

@@tim290280 yeah do the lateral reading.,🙄🙄..Ode