vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoMusk’s Starlink hit with hours-long outage after rollout of T-Mobile satellite servicewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down13
arrow-up1284arrow-down1external-linkMusk’s Starlink hit with hours-long outage after rollout of T-Mobile satellite servicewww.cnbc.comvegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarecorroded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·9 days agoThis makes me think that the Starlink system is very poorly designed. I know there are hundreds of satellites, and a large number of base stations. Even if a large chunk of the satellites were taken out and a few base stations failed, shouldn’t the system keep working, just over a different path? This sounds very much not like a hardware failure, but more like somebody fucked up.
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoDid you even read the article? It clearly states a core SOFTWARE component. Not hardware.
This makes me think that the Starlink system is very poorly designed. I know there are hundreds of satellites, and a large number of base stations.
Even if a large chunk of the satellites were taken out and a few base stations failed, shouldn’t the system keep working, just over a different path?
This sounds very much not like a hardware failure, but more like somebody fucked up.
Did you even read the article? It clearly states a core SOFTWARE component. Not hardware.