Comment on AT&T and Verizon have a beef with T-Mobile’s Starlink satellite service - The Verge

• LordKitsuna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Starlink and T-Mobile, in a limited area that was approved by the FCC for testing. And at the end of that trial they are required to give the results to the FCC so AT&T and Verizon wouldn’t even need to say anything if it was going to cause interference the FCC would just stop it at the end of the trials. The fact that that didn’t happen and that they now feel the need to try and say it might interfere is proof that they are just stalling.

  And again they are literally getting ready to roll out the exact same thing, based on the exact same technology, using the exact same frequencies. They literally just want time to catch up because they got caught slacking lol

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If that’s true, why do they need this exemption?

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    • LordKitsuna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You could try actually reading? The article goes over why they want the exemption. Which is mainly that the fcc’s maximum transmit power for this particular band is both outdated and wildly over cautious. They argue that you can easily transmit with more power without creating any interference and that’s what the trial was demonstrating

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      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Specifically, AT&T’s technical analysis shows that SpaceX’s proposal would cause an 18 percent average reduction in network downlink throughput

        That kinda sounds like the opposite of what you’re saying?

        And the limit was regarding out of band emissions, not those within the allocated frequency.

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