Most definitely. Starband can point some customers to their other satelite (was GE4, might be AMC4 now) but their remote customers in Alaska don't have any other options.
For some locations, i.e. Alaska, there are no other Ku band satellites in range. Ku is the band that the satellite internet providers use. For those remote folks who rely on satellite to get access, their only alternative may now be dial-up.
See StarBand's note on the right-hand side of their page: "we are working to provide our customers with temporary dial-up service."
For what it's worth, the tropos 5110 is FCC compliant. They've got a 1 watt radio coupled with a pair of 7.4 dBi antenae. The math is simple; 1 watt is equivalent to 29 dBi. Add them together and you get 36.4 dBi. The legal limit is 36 but you can count on approx. 0.5 loss per connector and even if they manage to only have one connector, that puts them under the FCC limit.
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For some locations, i.e. Alaska, there are no other Ku band satellites in range. Ku is the band that the satellite internet providers use. For those remote folks who rely on satellite to get access, their only alternative may now be dial-up.
See StarBand's note on the right-hand side of their page: "we are working to provide our customers with temporary dial-up service."
For what it's worth, the tropos 5110 is FCC compliant. They've got a 1 watt radio coupled with a pair of 7.4 dBi antenae. The math is simple; 1 watt is equivalent to 29 dBi. Add them together and you get 36.4 dBi. The legal limit is 36 but you can count on approx. 0.5 loss per connector and even if they manage to only have one connector, that puts them under the FCC limit.
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