You may recall my thesis that free speech does not exist, and that the only task of the statistician is to measure it (#pbfreespeech). Here is a substack trying to keep track of Trump free speech suppression: https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/real-chilling-effects
I met Carney a few times when he was Governor of the Bank of England. My Canadian husband didn't appreciate me pointing out that I've met a Canadian PM and he hasn't!
Is there some kind of a Tesla boycott in France? I ask because when I was walking past one today an American who I know by sight said 'shouldn't we spray it?' and laughed as I did and then we walked on. I thought it was just a crack at Musk. Has there been talk of something to do with Teslas in France? They're very popular here for cabs
Nurses take notes home all the time. They shouldn’t, but they do. (I bet intensive care nurses stopped taking notes home after the Letby case though, once they realised it could be used against them.) The notes to herself about guilt are ones the therapist appointed to her by her employer told her to make apparently.
According to sources I’ve seen, it was standard practice in the neonatal department to not “rush to intervene” with a crashing baby (in case you made things worse presumably) but to stand by at first, so that doesn’t really count either.
This is the thing with the Letby case, it’s a pile of suspicious sounding stories that sound like clear evidence of her guilt /if/ you think she’s already guilty. If not? They evaporate into thin air.
The only hard evidence is the insulin poisoning & if that fails, it seems to me that everything else fails with it.
Nurses don’t usually take home the notes of babies that died and stash them under the bed and then lie about not being able to dispose of them.
A therapist told her to write about her feelings. The therapist did NOT tell her to confess to baby murders in those notes. What she wrote in those notes was up to her.
I don’t know what nonsense you’ve come up with around desaturating infants, but, no, you don’t just stand there.
You ignored other points I had noted. There was the time the mother of Baby E described hearing her infant scream, and walking in to find him with blood around his mouth and Letby in the room. Baby E later died. There is the other evidence that the deaths were unexpected and unnatural. There is the association between these deaths and Letby being on duty. And so on.
The association between the deaths and Letby being on duty is because the prosecution dropped deaths when Letby was not on duty. They drew the target around the holes, as it were.
Rather than bricks in the wall of evidence, the case seems to be made of Swiss cheese after statisticians have demolished the statistical case and the international Shoo Lee commission did the same for the medical case. It is not even clear there were any excess deaths at all compared to similar trusts.
While I don't know the details, that isn't necessarily the smoking gun you think it is.
It is possible (and again, I don't know the details, so I am just creating a theory here), that she was on duty half the time, and there were 20 deaths when she was on duty, and 2 when she was not.
The question -from a statistical point of view- is what would be the normal number of deaths? It is possible that you would expect 2-4 deaths in the period, and therefore when she was not on duty there were a normal number, and when she was, there was an abnormal.
In which case, excluding the deaths from the case isn't particular evidence of anything.
A much bigger issue to me is that statistical evidence on its own should not be enough to convict. Someone is going to win the lottery every week, even if the odds are 16 million to 1 against. That doesn't make them a cheat, that makes them the one person who - ah hem - won.
This was part of the RSS report iirc. First, were there any excess deaths at all, or was the prosecution using the wrong comparator? Second (as you say) clusters can be due to natural variation. Someone has to win the race, someone has to come last.
Now I am no expert. All I am saying is that experts in statistics have demolished the prosecution's statistical case, and medical experts have demolished the medical case. What we now need is for the CCRC to pull its finger out and not get stuck on legalisticarguments about whether theseexperts should have had crystal balls so they could have examined the trial before it took place.
You may have replied on the previous post but I haven’t checked
Your argument boils down to one of the most highly rated and experienced criminal QCs being crap at his job
If the statistical and medical evidence has been “demolished” why didn’t he make that case in the court?
Aiui Ben Myers KC is Letby's barrister now but not at the original trial so any argument based on what he might have done then is moot. In any case, the statistical and medical experts had not weighed in on the original evidence until it had been presented at the trial. How could they? Crystal balls? Ouija boards?
The lawyers would have been able to consult experts ahead of the trial. One assumes that they did so. L
Is there some kind of a Tesla boycott in France? I ask because when I was walking past one today an American who I know by sight said 'shouldn't we spray it?' and laughed as I did and then we walked on. I thought it was just a crack at Musk. Has there been talk of something to do with Teslas in France? They're very popular here for cabs
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
They’ll do as they’re told
In the best precedent they didn’t. Of course that was in a different time and place.
On the evening of 20 March, Paget sent a telegram to the War Office in London announcing that almost all the officers of 5th Lancers intended to resign and the same was probably true of 16th Lancers. Seely replied, on behalf of the Army Council, telling Paget to suspend any senior officer who had offered to resign, and ordering Gough and two of his three colonels (the attitude of the third was unclear) to report to the War Office. A second telegram just before midnight confirmed that 57 officers preferred to accept dismissal (it was actually 61 including Gough[11])
If a conservative had become PM of any major commonwealth country without being an MP we'd never be hearing the end of it.
Yeah it does seem a bit odd that he can just become PM by appointment. My Liberal supporting husband is fuming because he thinks that Carney hasn't served his time as an MP. Canada has a much more reverential attitude to the office of PM than we do and people really care about the calibre of people who take the office. One of the reasons that Kim Campbell got so comprehensively thrashed was that people thought she was too lightweight to hold the office
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
Carney says he will keep tariffs on US imports until they show respect and commitment to free trade and will focus on protecting Canada's workers. Reaffirms in Canada healthcare is a right and that Canada will never be part of America in any shape or form and that in trade as in hockey Canada will win
One I was musing on - can host countries issue a blanket "no fly" order on USA military aircraft in their country?
Yes, no issue with that. Just have ATC deny them clearance. At that point they are legally not allowed to either take off or enter the airspace of that country from outside.
And if they ignore it ??
With Trump who knows ?
Same procedure as with civil aircraft. If they violate ATC instructions scramble QRA fighters to intercept and order them to land at the nearest airport. Should they ignore that instruction a few times they'll be shot down.
If the aim of denying clearance is to stop aircraft taking off and leaving it's probably best to get ahead of the game and punch a few holes in the runway to keep them grounded. Much less messy that way.
Exactly, so in those circumstances you are saying an RAF fighter jet would shoot down a US fighter plane in UK airspace
We are beyond surreal
I honestly don't know.
I've tracked the developments over the last year or two in the USA in some detail, and read quite extensively into the development and history of the movements.
The leaders around MAGA are ruthless and callous and dishonest. The USA has always had a downer on international law, and has for travel and financially sanctioned individually people who just work at the International Criminal Court.
They have handed over Ukrainian cities to be bombed, and their citizens killed, as a lever to apply pressure to reach a settlement where Putin will have no consequences for running a 21st Century Lebensborn programme involving 10s of thousands of stolen children.
Also, the USA has not had a war on its territory since the 1860s, so there is a different philosophical view, perhaps.
The first sign trump is really serious about invading Canada will be a complete US military pull out from Europe, including the UK. They have a huge amount of valuable assets here, all of which would be seized immediately the US moved on Canada. So those aircraft will be long gone before war happens.
Isn’t something along those lines already planned ?
Only some eastern European countries, at least so far. There has been nothing announced about US bases in the UK, for example, and no current evidence of any withdrawal of forces.
If they start pulling aircraft and personnel out of the UK, that's a huge warning sign the US is going to do something they know will piss the British government off so much they'd have no hesitation shutting those bases down and grabbing any hardware still present.
Can you really see any European countries effectively attacking American bases?
If the US has just launched a sneak attack on a NATO member? Yes, absolutely. Although in most cases it wouldn't come to that. The first approach is likely to be a variant of "your people are persona no grata here now, we have planes waiting to take them to a neutral country. And leave your stuff."
All but the most feeble country is likely to be able to confront a US base with enough force to convince them to get their people on that plane. This is Europe, not Afghanistan. The bases are not intended or expected to withstand a direct assault, and their commanders will be very aware of that fact. If the host country has a dozen tanks parked at the gate resistance would be very unwise.
The issue will be that the Canadians will ask us to impound US military property
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
I do wonder how many of us pinch ourselves at the reality of what is happening caused by Trump and expect to wake up from a terrible dream relieved it was only a dream, but this time it is not
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
Its very perplexing. I genuinely love my Tesla - its a special car that still puts a grin on my face. Thanks to being able to monetise it on YouTube I not only earn the cash to pay for the thing, I've had free supercharging for the last 18 months and will keep it for another 3 years.
And Starlink? Transformed my ability to work. Didn't have reliable interweb speeds to be able to dial into client meetings reliably. As well as needing fast up/down speeds for YouTube.
So if we get to the point where Musk switches Tesla / SpaceX off I'm stuck not only with a big financial hole, I go back to the dark ages. Which would be bad.
I hope that the expected Musk / Trump blowup happens soon.
I made a rather unkind and unnecessary comment about your Tesla ownership a few days ago, which I later apologised for and in case you missed the apology I will repeat it again directly to you - I apologise
Sometimes we say unkind things and sometimes it is good to say sorry
I hope you continue to enjoy your Tesla and your activities on YouTube, as there are many thousands of genuine Tesla owners who should be respected as it is not their fault Musk has acted so disgracefully
Didn't see your comment Didn't see your apology for the comment Apology accepted with a grin - don't worry about it
I was filming yesterday at a Polestar event. Took out a Polestar 4 (very similar to my Model Y) and then a Polestar 3 (big SUV thing). I loved my Volvo S90 and really like Polestar. But the 4 was poor in a number of ways, and the 3 was utterly glorious but costs One Million Dollars.
There's a reason why the car I drive was the best selling car globally for the last 2 years - and why sales remain buoyant in the UK. They're great cars. The CEO is a dick. But then again the guy who owns Polestar is directly involved with the Chinese government.
Does driving a Polestar mean that you are supporting the Chinese suppression of various minorities? What about me typing this on my Chinese-made Macbook?
This is why I'm taking the Musk hate as a moral panic bubble. What he is doing is not what my car represents. Just as my computer doesn't mean I have Uighur blood on my hands...
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
This week, in a committee room in Washington, DC, witnesses observed what may turn out to be one of the greatest vindications in the history of medical science.
Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine, economics and health policy at Stanford University, appeared before a Senate nomination hearing en route to confirmation as director of America’s National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Extraordinary, stunning language being used by Carney about Trump. The US and Canada, two typically inseparable allies, sound now like bitter enemies after 6 weeks of Trump.
Carney: “the Americans want our resources, our land, perhaps even our country…if they succeeded they would destroy our way of life.”
Extraordinary, stunning language being used by Carney about Trump. The US and Canada, two typically inseparable allies, sound now like bitter enemies after 6 weeks of Trump.
Carney: “the Americans want our resources, our land, perhaps even our country…if they succeeded they would destroy our way of life.”
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
I do wonder how many of us pinch ourselves at the reality of what is happening caused by Trump and expect to wake up from a terrible dream relieved it was only a dream, but this time it is not
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
Its very perplexing. I genuinely love my Tesla - its a special car that still puts a grin on my face. Thanks to being able to monetise it on YouTube I not only earn the cash to pay for the thing, I've had free supercharging for the last 18 months and will keep it for another 3 years.
And Starlink? Transformed my ability to work. Didn't have reliable interweb speeds to be able to dial into client meetings reliably. As well as needing fast up/down speeds for YouTube.
So if we get to the point where Musk switches Tesla / SpaceX off I'm stuck not only with a big financial hole, I go back to the dark ages. Which would be bad.
I hope that the expected Musk / Trump blowup happens soon.
I made a rather unkind and unnecessary comment about your Tesla ownership a few days ago, which I later apologised for and in case you missed the apology I will repeat it again directly to you - I apologise
Sometimes we say unkind things and sometimes it is good to say sorry
I hope you continue to enjoy your Tesla and your activities on YouTube, as there are many thousands of genuine Tesla owners who should be respected as it is not their fault Musk has acted so disgracefully
Volkswagen seem to have overcome their dubious political background without much difficulty.
Extraordinary, stunning language being used by Carney about Trump. The US and Canada, two typically inseparable allies, sound now like bitter enemies after 6 weeks of Trump.
Carney: “the Americans want our resources, our land, perhaps even our country…if they succeeded they would destroy our way of life.”
Trump must have known his language would have increased support for the governing party in Canada, so maybe that's part of his strategy, for whatever reason. Perhaps he prefers the Liberals in power.
If a conservative had become PM of any major commonwealth country without being an MP we'd never be hearing the end of it.
Surely that is just a misunderstanding of the constitution. The PM is whoever has the confidence of Parliament and is therefore asked by His (Canadian) Majesty to serve.
I any case, how exactly does being a legislator qualify you for the top executive position?
One I was musing on - can host countries issue a blanket "no fly" order on USA military aircraft in their country?
Yes, no issue with that. Just have ATC deny them clearance. At that point they are legally not allowed to either take off or enter the airspace of that country from outside.
And if they ignore it ??
With Trump who knows ?
Same procedure as with civil aircraft. If they violate ATC instructions scramble QRA fighters to intercept and order them to land at the nearest airport. Should they ignore that instruction a few times they'll be shot down.
If the aim of denying clearance is to stop aircraft taking off and leaving it's probably best to get ahead of the game and punch a few holes in the runway to keep them grounded. Much less messy that way.
Exactly, so in those circumstances you are saying an RAF fighter jet would shoot down a US fighter plane in UK airspace
We are beyond surreal
You are right. I expect we'd issue threats and finally shoot it down over the Atlantic when it failed to comply
You may recall my thesis that free speech does not exist, and that the only task of the statistician is to measure it (#pbfreespeech). Here is a substack trying to keep track of Trump free speech suppression: https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/real-chilling-effects
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit. And why Bezos is desperately trying to catch up. And why the Chinese are going all out to build constellations of their own.
When the next generation of reusable heavy lifters come in - Blue Origin, SpaceX and the Chinese - costs will drop further.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone supporting @Tesla, despite many attacks against our stores and offices ❤️❤️❤️
No one in their right mind is going to touch a Tesla in Europe. Same for starlink. Actually, same for any American tech
I read the Canada to be invaded in Summer 2026 substack. If America does go down that route its not just American tech going in the bin, its party time for China...
I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. Canada and Greenland.. normally I’d say “no way”, but honestly, who knows anymore
F*cking massive constitutional crisis for the UK.
The King is head of state of Canada.
One wonders though whether US military would obey an order to invade Canada or whether senior officers would take matters into their own hands as to the situation in the White House.
Of course I see that it would be a very challenging diplomatic problem, but why a constitutional problem? Since Canada and the UK have the same King, there's no divided loyalty. If Canada were threatening to invade the US, maybe.
Or are you suggesting we should support the US in its adventure?
The crisis is that it is possible that the prime minister would have to tell the King that we can't push too hard on Canada's side because we are so in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure and then there's the "special relationship" to consider.
Question - how would we be in hock to the US for our defence infrastructure if they were invading our NATO ally and Commonwealth brother?
I support Starmer doing what he can to keep Trump on board planet sanity. But I also anticipate that they are scenario planning for America being our enemy. We *are* in hock. At the moment. And I asked earlier how we would (as an example) ask the USAF to leave Lakenheath because they're now providing escort services to Russian bombers doing incursions into our airspace?
There's been discussion for days on social media about how independent our nukes are. So yeh we are in hock to the USA.
Can we get France to build some SLBMs which would fit both our boomer's launch tubes and our warhead bus?
As I understand it we design and build our own warheads - its just the Trident missiles which the Americans own.
Or am I being hopelessly naive and ill-informed?
I do wonder how many of us pinch ourselves at the reality of what is happening caused by Trump and expect to wake up from a terrible dream relieved it was only a dream, but this time it is not
And on Musk, even if this collapses Tesla it is only petty cash to him
Its very perplexing. I genuinely love my Tesla - its a special car that still puts a grin on my face. Thanks to being able to monetise it on YouTube I not only earn the cash to pay for the thing, I've had free supercharging for the last 18 months and will keep it for another 3 years.
And Starlink? Transformed my ability to work. Didn't have reliable interweb speeds to be able to dial into client meetings reliably. As well as needing fast up/down speeds for YouTube.
So if we get to the point where Musk switches Tesla / SpaceX off I'm stuck not only with a big financial hole, I go back to the dark ages. Which would be bad.
I hope that the expected Musk / Trump blowup happens soon.
I made a rather unkind and unnecessary comment about your Tesla ownership a few days ago, which I later apologised for and in case you missed the apology I will repeat it again directly to you - I apologise
Sometimes we say unkind things and sometimes it is good to say sorry
I hope you continue to enjoy your Tesla and your activities on YouTube, as there are many thousands of genuine Tesla owners who should be respected as it is not their fault Musk has acted so disgracefully
Volkswagen seem to have overcome their dubious political background without much difficulty.
Ein Volk, ein Wagen... etc
Of course in 1945 it took a British officer to revive and exonerate VW.
Exhausted narrator: "Russia started the invasion of Ukraine in 2022."
Actually, no, it started in 2014.
Trump has a fraction of a point that Obama's record in opposing Putin (and Assad) was pretty terrible, even if he is staggeringly hypocritical in saying so.
But of course Obama didn't destroy the most successful alliance in history, or give Russia almost all of what it wanted in negotiations without being asked.
Obama (and Merkel and the French) was just a weak and naive fool, whereas Trump is actively malicious and maybe a Russian agent.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
Because as soon as there is any object/obstruction in the way the connection will break up. It’s not reliable like existing technologies which can work through obstructions.
Second, the available bandwidth will be eaten up by the users on a train. It’s a contended medium with limited bandwidth so will not scale well. 5G on the other hand is multi-gigabit capable.
Airlines are signing up because it’s better than what they currently provide. I didn’t say it wasn’t better, I said it’s worse in every way than 4G/5G and FTTP. It is a non-starter.
There is a reason it’s only used by the MNOs as a last case backup and they aren’t ripping out their fixed networks. Because it doesn’t work.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
Exhausted narrator: "Russia started the invasion of Ukraine in 2022."
Actually, no, it started in 2014.
Trump has a fraction of a point that Obama's record in opposing Putin (and Assad) was pretty terrible, even if he is staggeringly hypocritical.
But of course Obama didn't destroy the most successful alliance in history, or give Russia almost all of what it wanted in negotiations without being asked.
Obama was weak (read, uninterested) on foreign policy including Russia. A product of the post Cold War complacency as well as a reaction to the neocons who had gone before him.
The entire West was frankly still in denial about Russia in 2014. We should have learned in 2008. Instead Sakashvili got a slap on the wrist for being pushy.
Or, at least begins the process. Perhaps if he loses to Pollivere he won't bother completing the process.
Theoretical question: would he be able to get those citizenships back whenever he likes?
Irish was by descent, so presumably. He came to Britain on the Irish passport, but promised Cameron he would apply for British citizenship when appointed governor. So that would be harder.
Though, since his wife is British, his right to live & work in both Britain and Ireland is probably unaffected.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
My point was that whatever the capabilities, the brand is Ratnered.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
It’s never been marketed as that.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
As I made clear during my Joint Address to Congress, the United States strongly supports the people of Greenland's right to determine their own future. We will continue to KEEP YOU SAFE, as we have since World War II. We are ready to INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to create new jobs and MAKE YOU RICH — And, if you so choose, we welcome you to be a part of the Greatest Nation anywhere in the World, the United States of America!
Extraordinary, stunning language being used by Carney about Trump. The US and Canada, two typically inseparable allies, sound now like bitter enemies after 6 weeks of Trump.
Carney: “the Americans want our resources, our land, perhaps even our country…if they succeeded they would destroy our way of life.”
Trump must have known his language would have increased support for the governing party in Canada, so maybe that's part of his strategy, for whatever reason. Perhaps he prefers the Liberals in power.
In the absence of Scott.
He's not playing 4D chess, he's just a pigeon strutting round, eating the pieces and crapping on the board.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
It’s never been marketed as that.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
Networks already do broadcast from the trackside. They are mostly prevented because of the archaic way in which Network Rail does safety and planning restrictions.
There is a solution to this, change the law. There is a pilot for this on the Brighton Mainline at present.
I am telling you, Starlink or other will NEVER be a solution to mobile connectivity or internet provision on trains. As a last resort for back haul for fixed sites, yes.
We looked at satellite for some sites and it was rejected in virtually every case because of its inability to scale to meet user demand. The bandwidth available even compared to traditional microwave is pitiful.
Exhausted narrator: "Russia started the invasion of Ukraine in 2022."
Actually, no, it started in 2014.
Trump has a fraction of a point that Obama's record in opposing Putin (and Assad) was pretty terrible, even if he is staggeringly hypocritical.
But of course Obama didn't destroy the most successful alliance in history, or give Russia almost all of what it wanted in negotiations without being asked.
Obama was weak (read, uninterested) on foreign policy including Russia. A product of the post Cold War complacency as well as a reaction to the neocons who had gone before him.
The entire West was frankly still in denial about Russia in 2014. We should have learned in 2008. Instead Sakashvili got a slap on the wrist for being pushy.
Whereas Romney was harder line on Putin than Obama in their 2012 debates, had Romney won in 2012 then he would have been running for re election in 2016, probably against Hillary Clinton and Trump would still be doing the Apprentice
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
It’s never been marketed as that.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
Networks already do broadcast from the trackside. They are mostly prevented because of the archaic way in which Network Rail does safety and planning restrictions.
There is a solution to this, change the law. There is a pilot for this on the Brighton Mainline at present.
I am telling you, Starlink or other will NEVER be a solution to mobile connectivity or internet provision on trains. As a last resort for back haul for fixed sites, yes.
You need to take it up with ScotRail. They are the ones who signed up.
As to the Process State - what do you expect?
As I’ve previously pointed out, battery storage for power isn’t the best solution. It’s Winn in g because the Process State can’t make it take 20 years.
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
It’s never been marketed as that.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
Networks already do broadcast from the trackside. They are mostly prevented because of the archaic way in which Network Rail does safety and planning restrictions.
There is a solution to this, change the law. There is a pilot for this on the Brighton Mainline at present.
I am telling you, Starlink or other will NEVER be a solution to mobile connectivity or internet provision on trains. As a last resort for back haul for fixed sites, yes.
You need to take it up with ScotRail. They are the ones who signed up.
As to the Process State - what do you expect?
As I’ve previously pointed out, battery storage for power isn’t the best solution. It’s Winn in g because the Process State can’t make it take 20 years.
Why would it take it up with ScotRail? When it doesn’t work I won’t be the one saying I told you so. Are you absolutely sure they are using it as you state, I would be extremely surprised.
The biggest thing this Labour government could do for connectivity is to stop masts being blocked and to allow much taller ones to be built. They can also change the rules to allow masts to be built on Network Rail land/to use their assets (which were allowed to be build under PD rights before).
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
It’s never been marketed as that.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
Networks already do broadcast from the trackside. They are mostly prevented because of the archaic way in which Network Rail does safety and planning restrictions.
There is a solution to this, change the law. There is a pilot for this on the Brighton Mainline at present.
I am telling you, Starlink or other will NEVER be a solution to mobile connectivity or internet provision on trains. As a last resort for back haul for fixed sites, yes.
You need to take it up with ScotRail. They are the ones who signed up.
As to the Process State - what do you expect?
As I’ve previously pointed out, battery storage for power isn’t the best solution. It’s Winn in g because the Process State can’t make it take 20 years.
Why would it take it up with ScotRail? When it doesn’t work I won’t be the one saying I told you so. Are you absolutely sure they are using it as you state, I would be extremely surprised.
The biggest thing this Labour government could do for connectivity is to stop masts being blocked and to allow much taller ones to be built. They can also change the rules to allow masts to be built on Network Rail land/to use their assets (which were allowed to be build under PD rights before).
ScotRail signed a contract, following a live demonstration, with Clarus Networks Group who are a reseller of Starlink as a commercial solution.
It’s for Class 158 train sets (diesels?) that operate in really remote areas. My guess would be that in addition to no electrification, there’s also little trackside infrastructure.
Why wouldn’t it work? There’s plenty of documented usage of mobile Starlink terminals. Including people driving them around in RVs, passing under bridges etc. Unless there are big tunnels, my guess is you’d have a dish at either end of the train.
As I made clear during my Joint Address to Congress, the United States strongly supports the people of Greenland's right to determine their own future. We will continue to KEEP YOU SAFE, as we have since World War II. We are ready to INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to create new jobs and MAKE YOU RICH — And, if you so choose, we welcome you to be a part of the Greatest Nation anywhere in the World, the United States of America!
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
It’s never been marketed as that.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
Networks already do broadcast from the trackside. They are mostly prevented because of the archaic way in which Network Rail does safety and planning restrictions.
There is a solution to this, change the law. There is a pilot for this on the Brighton Mainline at present.
I am telling you, Starlink or other will NEVER be a solution to mobile connectivity or internet provision on trains. As a last resort for back haul for fixed sites, yes.
You need to take it up with ScotRail. They are the ones who signed up.
As to the Process State - what do you expect?
As I’ve previously pointed out, battery storage for power isn’t the best solution. It’s Winn in g because the Process State can’t make it take 20 years.
Why would it take it up with ScotRail? When it doesn’t work I won’t be the one saying I told you so. Are you absolutely sure they are using it as you state, I would be extremely surprised.
The biggest thing this Labour government could do for connectivity is to stop masts being blocked and to allow much taller ones to be built. They can also change the rules to allow masts to be built on Network Rail land/to use their assets (which were allowed to be build under PD rights before).
ScotRail signed a contract, following a live demonstration, with Clarus Networks Group who are a reseller of Starlink as a commercial solution.
It’s for Class 158 train sets (diesels?) that operate in really remote areas. My guess would be that in addition to no electrification, there’s also little trackside infrastructure.
Why wouldn’t it work? There’s plenty of documented usage of mobile Starlink terminals. Including people driving them around in RVs, passing under bridges etc. Unless there are big tunnels, my guess is you’d have a dish at either end of the train.
Yes, 158s mostly work north and west of Inverness (Kyle, Thurso/Wick).
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
It’s never been marketed as that.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
Networks already do broadcast from the trackside. They are mostly prevented because of the archaic way in which Network Rail does safety and planning restrictions.
There is a solution to this, change the law. There is a pilot for this on the Brighton Mainline at present.
I am telling you, Starlink or other will NEVER be a solution to mobile connectivity or internet provision on trains. As a last resort for back haul for fixed sites, yes.
You need to take it up with ScotRail. They are the ones who signed up.
As to the Process State - what do you expect?
As I’ve previously pointed out, battery storage for power isn’t the best solution. It’s Winn in g because the Process State can’t make it take 20 years.
Why would it take it up with ScotRail? When it doesn’t work I won’t be the one saying I told you so. Are you absolutely sure they are using it as you state, I would be extremely surprised.
The biggest thing this Labour government could do for connectivity is to stop masts being blocked and to allow much taller ones to be built. They can also change the rules to allow masts to be built on Network Rail land/to use their assets (which were allowed to be build under PD rights before).
ScotRail signed a contract, following a live demonstration, with Clarus Networks Group who are a reseller of Starlink as a commercial solution.
It’s for Class 158 train sets (diesels?) that operate in really remote areas. My guess would be that in addition to no electrification, there’s also little trackside infrastructure.
Why wouldn’t it work? There’s plenty of documented usage of mobile Starlink terminals. Including people driving them around in RVs, passing under bridges etc. Unless there are big tunnels, my guess is you’d have a dish at either end of the train.
Yes, 158s mostly work north and west of Inverness (Kyle, Thurso/Wick).
My guess would be few big tunnels on those routes. A few road bridges?
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
It’s never been marketed as that.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
Networks already do broadcast from the trackside. They are mostly prevented because of the archaic way in which Network Rail does safety and planning restrictions.
There is a solution to this, change the law. There is a pilot for this on the Brighton Mainline at present.
I am telling you, Starlink or other will NEVER be a solution to mobile connectivity or internet provision on trains. As a last resort for back haul for fixed sites, yes.
You need to take it up with ScotRail. They are the ones who signed up.
As to the Process State - what do you expect?
As I’ve previously pointed out, battery storage for power isn’t the best solution. It’s Winn in g because the Process State can’t make it take 20 years.
Why would it take it up with ScotRail? When it doesn’t work I won’t be the one saying I told you so. Are you absolutely sure they are using it as you state, I would be extremely surprised.
The biggest thing this Labour government could do for connectivity is to stop masts being blocked and to allow much taller ones to be built. They can also change the rules to allow masts to be built on Network Rail land/to use their assets (which were allowed to be build under PD rights before).
ScotRail signed a contract, following a live demonstration, with Clarus Networks Group who are a reseller of Starlink as a commercial solution.
It’s for Class 158 train sets (diesels?) that operate in really remote areas. My guess would be that in addition to no electrification, there’s also little trackside infrastructure.
Why wouldn’t it work? There’s plenty of documented usage of mobile Starlink terminals. Including people driving them around in RVs, passing under bridges etc. Unless there are big tunnels, my guess is you’d have a dish at either end of the train.
Yes, 158s mostly work north and west of Inverness (Kyle, Thurso/Wick).
My guess would be few big tunnels on those routes. A few road bridges?
I don't remember any significant tunnels. Not too many major roads either.
As I made clear during my Joint Address to Congress, the United States strongly supports the people of Greenland's right to determine their own future. We will continue to KEEP YOU SAFE, as we have since World War II. We are ready to INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to create new jobs and MAKE YOU RICH — And, if you so choose, we welcome you to be a part of the Greatest Nation anywhere in the World, the United States of America!
How does the U.S. force a plebiscite on Greenland?
Send little green men to organise it.
The traditional way to do this, is to invade. Then hold an election/plebiscite. With your army eligible to vote.
The Greenlandic PM loosely seems to have suggested an independence referendum this year.
(This was back in early January).
I presume America’s aim is for the Greenlandics to vote for independence, followed by an offer they can’t refuse from the USA.
As I posted Saturday, When it comes to Greenland, Trump is a lucky General.
What is about to happen is a Greenland General Election and a change of government to opposition party who want to sit down with Trump. First the new government will have to change the arrangement with Denmark, where Denmark controls Greenlands Foreign and Security policy - but this will be a formality, put to the Greenland electorate and easily passed within the next couple of years. It will be a formality because after recent exposure of genuine colonial scandals of terrible treatment of Greenlanders, Denmark has few friends in Greenland politics right now.
Trump will be drilling and mining Greenland before the end of this Presidential term, though just symbolically at first. And that is the second part of my same post yesterday, it is in my considered opinion, US won’t sign an Ukraine Minerals deal, but prioritise Greenland and other countries around the world.
If serious about signing the Ukraine offer, Trumps Administration would be sitting down with industry to gauge their interest in being involved. Greater exposure of Trump and his team to people who genuinely understand the business, might find lukewarm interest at best for the Ukraine offer. I predict industry will talk Trump out of Ukraine deal in favour of doing a deal with Greenland instead. Trumps friends in the industry will convince him, reasserting U.S. industrial leadership and enhancing national security is better served from Greenland deal, than one with Ukraine. For every reason Ukraine want it signed is a reason US shouldn’t, will become the argument winning over of this administration, just as it done the last at much the same stage.
On that fateful Friday thrown out the Whitehouse, Ukraine’s chance of US signing Ukraines mineral deal offer, has gone now.
"Exciting to watch Elon Musk pivot so elegantly from making his cars toxic to the demographic most likely to consider one, to making his Starlink a national security risk for all the governments who might have wanted it."
How does the U.S. force a plebiscite on Greenland?
Send little green men to organise it.
The traditional way to do this, is to invade. Then hold an election/plebiscite. With your army eligible to vote.
The Greenlandic PM loosely seems to have suggested an independence referendum this year.
(This was back in early January).
I presume America’s aim is for the Greenlandics to vote for independence, followed by an offer they can’t refuse from the USA.
As I posted Saturday, When it comes to Greenland, Trump is a lucky General.
What is about to happen is a Greenland General Election and a change of government to opposition party who want to sit down with Trump. First the new government will have to change the arrangement with Denmark, where Denmark controls Greenlands Foreign and Security policy - but this will be a formality, put to the Greenland electorate and easily passed within the next couple of years. It will be a formality because after recent exposure of genuine colonial scandals of terrible treatment of Greenlanders, Denmark has few friends in Greenland politics right now.
Trump will be drilling and mining Greenland before the end of this Presidential term, though just symbolically at first. And that is the second part of my same post yesterday, it is in my considered opinion, US won’t sign an Ukraine Minerals deal, but prioritise Greenland and other countries around the world.
If serious about signing the Ukraine offer, Trumps Administration would be sitting down with industry to gauge their interest in being involved. Greater exposure of Trump and his team to people who genuinely understand the business, might find lukewarm interest at best for the Ukraine offer. I predict industry will talk Trump out of Ukraine deal in favour of doing a deal with Greenland instead. Trumps friends in the industry will convince him, reasserting U.S. industrial leadership and enhancing national security is better served from Greenland deal, than one with Ukraine. For every reason Ukraine want it signed is a reason US shouldn’t, will become the argument winning over of this administration, just as it done the last at much the same stage.
On that fateful Friday thrown out the Whitehouse, Ukraine’s chance of US signing Ukraines mineral deal offer, has gone now.
They never had a chance. Because it was never intended to be signed, but only put forward so Trump could say to his remarkably credulous supporters that he tried, and failed, to work with Ukraine and only then pivoted to Russia.
As I made clear during my Joint Address to Congress, the United States strongly supports the people of Greenland's right to determine their own future. We will continue to KEEP YOU SAFE, as we have since World War II. We are ready to INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to create new jobs and MAKE YOU RICH — And, if you so choose, we welcome you to be a part of the Greatest Nation anywhere in the World, the United States of America!
"Nuuk 'em! Let's Nuuk the bastards!"
From all I hear, our nuclear weapons are highly dependent on America for their launching systems.
So if we tried nuking them they would probably find some way to thwart us.
This week, in a committee room in Washington, DC, witnesses observed what may turn out to be one of the greatest vindications in the history of medical science.
Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine, economics and health policy at Stanford University, appeared before a Senate nomination hearing en route to confirmation as director of America’s National Institutes of Health (NIH).
@RochdalePioneers how do you use Starlink for meetings? The latency is horrible.
*runs quick speed test* 22ms? Horrible?
Not a chance that will be consistently guaranteed.
I could get consistently guaranteed speeds. A direct fibre line to the exchange for a fortune per month.
In the real world? Starlink is absolutely bloody brilliant. It absolutely has slow spots - occasionally. 5G is intermittent at best, and the Fibre speeds were 40MB down at the optimistic top end and 15MB in regular usage.
Latency simply is not an issue. There Are No Other Options than Starlink. And Starlink is Good.
FTTP is superior in literally every way. And FTTP will get to 99%+ of premises by 2030.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
It is intended (and used) by places which can’t get fibre. There is a steady percentage of them around the world. Even in highly wired countries in Europe.
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit.
There’s not a chance Starlink will provide reliable connectivity on a moving train. No way. 4G and 5G are the only game in town.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Why? - continuous connection has been demonstrated on aircraft (up to Mach 2), trains and space craft at orbital velocity. And during re-entry.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
The place I stayed at in Western Scotland last month had Starlink, as it was very remote. Even back then the owner said they were looking for an alternative because of Musk.
Again, I didn’t say it can’t work as a stopgap or last resort. Just that it’s not a replacement for FTTP or fixed mobile and it shouldn’t be seen as such.
It’s never been marketed as that.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
Networks already do broadcast from the trackside. They are mostly prevented because of the archaic way in which Network Rail does safety and planning restrictions.
There is a solution to this, change the law. There is a pilot for this on the Brighton Mainline at present.
I am telling you, Starlink or other will NEVER be a solution to mobile connectivity or internet provision on trains. As a last resort for back haul for fixed sites, yes.
You need to take it up with ScotRail. They are the ones who signed up.
As to the Process State - what do you expect?
As I’ve previously pointed out, battery storage for power isn’t the best solution. It’s Winn in g because the Process State can’t make it take 20 years.
Why would it take it up with ScotRail? When it doesn’t work I won’t be the one saying I told you so. Are you absolutely sure they are using it as you state, I would be extremely surprised.
The biggest thing this Labour government could do for connectivity is to stop masts being blocked and to allow much taller ones to be built. They can also change the rules to allow masts to be built on Network Rail land/to use their assets (which were allowed to be build under PD rights before).
Planning and Rail are both devolved so this is probably with the Scottish Government, is it not?
Horse - you dislike Starlink. We get that. But so far you’ve made a series of strident statements which get rapidly demolished. Terrible latency? Nope. Can’t do meetings? Nope. Slower than 5G? Nope. Everyone is getting FTTP (Stop and Think about the practicalities of that one). Nope. Can’t work on a train. Nope.
Starlink may turn into a cul-de-sac technology. But here and now it offers genuinely fast and usable connectivity to people who literally have no other options. Where you insist the other options actually do exist and actually are faster and better actually.
I don’t work in the industry. You appear to do. Which means you know more that I do. But keep posting things that are demonstrably wrong in the real world because you’ve set your mind against it. Why is that? In my industry I start with the facts on the ground and build a narrative to explain them. Not decide on the narrative and be selective and manipulate of the “facts” to prove me right
Horse - you dislike Starlink. We get that. But so far you’ve made a series of strident statements which get rapidly demolished. Terrible latency? Nope. Can’t do meetings? Nope. Slower than 5G? Nope. Everyone is getting FTTP (Stop and Think about the practicalities of that one). Nope. Can’t work on a train. Nope.
Starlink may turn into a cul-de-sac technology. But here and now it offers genuinely fast and usable connectivity to people who literally have no other options. Where you insist the other options actually do exist and actually are faster and better actually.
I don’t work in the industry. You appear to do. Which means you know more that I do. But keep posting things that are demonstrably wrong in the real world because you’ve set your mind against it. Why is that? In my industry I start with the facts on the ground and build a narrative to explain them. Not decide on the narrative and be selective and manipulate of the “facts” to prove me right
Starlink's capabilities don't matter a jot if you are a non-MAGA government, or in a business which in any way competes with any of Musk's. Because you cannot rely on the service.
And I'd just say I find your constant hyping of Musk's products to be very much against what I thought were your values and morals.
"Exciting to watch Elon Musk pivot so elegantly from making his cars toxic to the demographic most likely to consider one, to making his Starlink a national security risk for all the governments who might have wanted it."
Musk has already lost 100 billion in three months, and possibly another 100 billion, to be back behind Bezos by mid-year. SpaceX also looks to be having diffucuties.
Horse - you dislike Starlink. We get that. But so far you’ve made a series of strident statements which get rapidly demolished. Terrible latency? Nope. Can’t do meetings? Nope. Slower than 5G? Nope. Everyone is getting FTTP (Stop and Think about the practicalities of that one). Nope. Can’t work on a train. Nope.
Starlink may turn into a cul-de-sac technology. But here and now it offers genuinely fast and usable connectivity to people who literally have no other options. Where you insist the other options actually do exist and actually are faster and better actually.
I don’t work in the industry. You appear to do. Which means you know more that I do. But keep posting things that are demonstrably wrong in the real world because you’ve set your mind against it. Why is that? In my industry I start with the facts on the ground and build a narrative to explain them. Not decide on the narrative and be selective and manipulate of the “facts” to prove me right
Anecdote.
When the Berlin Wall came down, companies in Europe were rubbing their hands on the reconstruction projects that were touted at the time. Legacy communication companies were planning to build optical fibre plants to install miles of cables to upgrade infrastructure in the East. Then someone realised it would be easier, cheaper, faster to roll out a mobile network. So the fibre plants never happened.
Starlink and broadly similar systems will be the go-to solution for a while until the next big idea. Meanwhile legacy communications (snail mail in Denmark for example) will decline fast. Can't recall anyone ordering a 'phone line' in the last decade or more.
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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250303-dozen-teslas-torched-outside-french-dealership-authorities
Maybe Elon will get his Mummy to Tweet about those nasty people again
Mark Carney - 131,674 votes equal to 85.9% of the ballots
Chrystia Freeland - 11,134 votes equal to 8% of the ballots
Karina Gould - 4,785 votes equal to 3.2% of the ballots
Frank Baylis - 4,038 votes equal to 3% of the ballots
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg4k2l204zqt?post=asset:ab840296-9b9b-492a-a760-5b89ee7cf11c#post
On the evening of 20 March, Paget sent a telegram to the War Office in London announcing that almost all the officers of 5th Lancers intended to resign and the same was probably true of 16th Lancers. Seely replied, on behalf of the Army Council, telling Paget to suspend any senior officer who had offered to resign, and ordering Gough and two of his three colonels (the attitude of the third was unclear) to report to the War Office. A second telegram just before midnight confirmed that 57 officers preferred to accept dismissal (it was actually 61 including Gough[11])
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curragh_incident
Hugely important.
First Evertonian PM.
Which isn't quite as.
Then the planes taking off would be an act of war
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-renounce-citizenship-1.7472421
Or, at least begins the process. Perhaps if he loses to Pollivere he won't bother completing the process.
I've tracked the developments over the last year or two in the USA in some detail, and read quite extensively into the development and history of the movements.
The leaders around MAGA are ruthless and callous and dishonest. The USA has always had a downer on international law, and has for travel and financially sanctioned individually people who just work at the International Criminal Court.
They have handed over Ukrainian cities to be bombed, and their citizens killed, as a lever to apply pressure to reach a settlement where Putin will have no consequences for running a 21st Century Lebensborn programme involving 10s of thousands of stolen children.
Also, the USA has not had a war on its territory since the 1860s, so there is a different philosophical view, perhaps.
I don't feel I can rule anything out.
I can accept as a stopgap or backup it might be good but it is a deeply flawed technology and not viable for the majority. It’s also contended so will never be usable by a large number. I also don’t trust Elon.
I am not a natural Elon “company” hater. I held Tesla stock for years.
Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine, economics and health policy at Stanford University, appeared before a Senate nomination hearing en route to confirmation as director of America’s National Institutes of Health (NIH).
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/08/british-officialdom-remains-blind-to-the-covid-catastrophe/
Extraordinary, stunning language being used by Carney about Trump. The US and Canada, two typically inseparable allies, sound now like bitter enemies after 6 weeks of Trump.
Carney: “the Americans want our resources, our land, perhaps even our country…if they succeeded they would destroy our way of life.”
Will we FINALLY be able to build phone masts more than 20m in height?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RTjWkdd86hA
I any case, how exactly does being a legislator qualify you for the top executive position?
Then there is shipping, aviation etc. Bot long ago, ScotRail signed up to use Starlink to provide WiFi on their trains…
That is why Starlink has already put SpaceX into profit. And why Bezos is desperately trying to catch up. And why the Chinese are going all out to build constellations of their own.
When the next generation of reusable heavy lifters come in - Blue Origin, SpaceX and the Chinese - costs will drop further.
Europe needs to get in the game.
Starlink has no market here then except a few people as FTTP is becoming ubiquitous. I am afraid you’ve bought into the hype over the reality on this one.
Airlines are falling over themselves to sign up. It’s in service on multiple airlines. Including in Europe.
Exhausted narrator: "Russia started the invasion of Ukraine in 2022."
Dura Ace, your time is coming.
Trump has a fraction of a point that Obama's record in opposing Putin (and Assad) was pretty terrible, even if he is staggeringly hypocritical in saying so.
But of course Obama didn't destroy the most successful alliance in history, or give Russia almost all of what it wanted in negotiations without being asked.
Obama (and Merkel and the French) was just a weak and naive fool, whereas Trump is actively malicious and maybe a Russian agent.
Second, the available bandwidth will be eaten up by the users on a train. It’s a contended medium with limited bandwidth so will not scale well. 5G on the other hand is multi-gigabit capable.
Airlines are signing up because it’s better than what they currently provide. I didn’t say it wasn’t better, I said it’s worse in every way than 4G/5G and FTTP. It is a non-starter.
There is a reason it’s only used by the MNOs as a last case backup and they aren’t ripping out their fixed networks. Because it doesn’t work.
Is it cool, yes. Is it useful, no.
The entire West was frankly still in denial about Russia in 2014. We should have learned in 2008. Instead Sakashvili got a slap on the wrist for being pushy.
Though, since his wife is British, his right to live & work in both Britain and Ireland is probably unaffected.
It’s ultra remote, shipping, airlines, portable and a lot of backhaul.
In some parts of Africa and South America, it’s being used to build out the mobile networks - costs of maintain in fibre to rural areas are high. Distance and terrain. So the mobile mast connects to the world via Starlink.
The backhaul market is the one that OneWeb is targeting. OneWeb don’t even offer consumer terminals.
Edit : on trains, the alternative is broadcasting from the trackside. Which requires a huge amount of infrastructure.
As I made clear during my Joint Address to Congress, the United States strongly supports the people of Greenland's right to determine their own future. We will continue to KEEP YOU SAFE, as we have since World War II. We are ready to INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to create new jobs and MAKE YOU RICH — And, if you so choose, we welcome you to be a part of the Greatest Nation anywhere in the World, the United States of America!
He's not playing 4D chess, he's just a pigeon strutting round, eating the pieces and crapping on the board.
There is a solution to this, change the law. There is a pilot for this on the Brighton Mainline at present.
I am telling you, Starlink or other will NEVER be a solution to mobile connectivity or internet provision on trains. As a last resort for back haul for fixed sites, yes.
We looked at satellite for some sites and it was rejected in virtually every case because of its inability to scale to meet user demand. The bandwidth available even compared to traditional microwave is pitiful.
Gram Slattery
@G_Slattery
New: Trump tells reporters on Air Force One that the pause on Ukraine intel sharing is “just about lifted”
Details unclear. Says expects big things from Saudi talks this week
https://x.com/G_Slattery/status/1898879264948363453
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPbZyzWnyrE
As to the Process State - what do you expect?
As I’ve previously pointed out, battery storage for power isn’t the best solution. It’s Winn in g because the Process State can’t make it take 20 years.
The biggest thing this Labour government could do for connectivity is to stop masts being blocked and to allow much taller ones to be built. They can also change the rules to allow masts to be built on Network Rail land/to use their assets (which were allowed to be build under PD rights before).
It’s for Class 158 train sets (diesels?) that operate in really remote areas. My guess would be that in addition to no electrification, there’s also little trackside infrastructure.
Why wouldn’t it work? There’s plenty of documented usage of mobile Starlink terminals. Including people driving them around in RVs, passing under bridges etc. Unless there are big tunnels, my guess is you’d have a dish at either end of the train.
@PBModerator? Really? This is exactly how Nazi Germany started. Standards matter. Get banning.
(This was back in early January).
I presume America’s aim is for the Greenlandics to vote for independence, followed by an offer they can’t refuse from the USA.
What is about to happen is a Greenland General Election and a change of government to opposition party who want to sit down with Trump. First the new government will have to change the arrangement with Denmark, where Denmark controls Greenlands Foreign and Security policy - but this will be a formality, put to the Greenland electorate and easily passed within the next couple of years. It will be a formality because after recent exposure of genuine colonial scandals of terrible treatment of Greenlanders, Denmark has few friends in Greenland politics right now.
Trump will be drilling and mining Greenland before the end of this Presidential term, though just symbolically at first. And that is the second part of my same post yesterday, it is in my considered opinion, US won’t sign an Ukraine Minerals deal, but prioritise Greenland and other countries around the world.
If serious about signing the Ukraine offer, Trumps Administration would be sitting down with industry to gauge their interest in being involved. Greater exposure of Trump and his team to people who genuinely understand the business, might find lukewarm interest at best for the Ukraine offer. I predict industry will talk Trump out of Ukraine deal in favour of doing a deal with Greenland instead. Trumps friends in the industry will convince him, reasserting U.S. industrial leadership and enhancing national security is better served from Greenland deal, than one with Ukraine. For every reason Ukraine want it signed is a reason US shouldn’t, will become the argument winning over of this administration, just as it done the last at much the same stage.
On that fateful Friday thrown out the Whitehouse, Ukraine’s chance of US signing Ukraines mineral deal offer, has gone now.
https://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3ljxow2ld4c2j
So if we tried nuking them they would probably find some way to thwart us.
America is lost.
(Can @Sunil_Prasannan tell us more?)
The consequences for them of the Trump's proposals will take months to impact them but they will do by the end of the year...
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Starlink may turn into a cul-de-sac technology. But here and now it offers genuinely fast and usable connectivity to people who literally have no other options. Where you insist the other options actually do exist and actually are faster and better actually.
I don’t work in the industry. You appear to do. Which means you know more that I do. But keep posting things that are demonstrably wrong in the real world because you’ve set your mind against it. Why is that? In my industry I start with the facts on the ground and build a narrative to explain them. Not decide on the narrative and be selective and manipulate of the “facts” to prove me right
And I'd just say I find your constant hyping of Musk's products to be very much against what I thought were your values and morals.
Musk has already lost 100 billion in three months, and possibly another 100 billion, to be back behind Bezos by mid-year. SpaceX also looks to be having diffucuties.
My phone cut and paste is acting stranger and stronger.
When the Berlin Wall came down, companies in Europe were rubbing their hands on the reconstruction projects that were touted at the time. Legacy communication companies were planning to build optical fibre plants to install miles of cables to upgrade infrastructure in the East. Then someone realised it would be easier, cheaper, faster to roll out a mobile network. So the fibre plants never happened.
Starlink and broadly similar systems will be the go-to solution for a while until the next big idea. Meanwhile legacy communications (snail mail in Denmark for example) will decline fast. Can't recall anyone ordering a 'phone line' in the last decade or more.