#satellite-broadband — Public Fediverse posts

Singapore Airlines pick Starlink for next-gen in-flight WiFi, rollout starts 2027 #airlines #digitallife #featured #inflightwifi #news #satellite #satellitebroadband #singaporeairlines #spacex #starlink #telco #transport #travel #wifi

https://soyacincau.com/2026/05/04/singapore-airlines-deploy-starlink-for-next-gen-in-flight-wifi-rollout-starts-2027/

Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch

I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.

(I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)

12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag

Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.

12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena

As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.

12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag

Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.

#AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam

Amazon executives tout gigabit data speeds during test of Project Kuiper satellite network - A screenshot shows a data downlink speed in excess of 1.2 gigabits per second. (P... - https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-gigabit-data-speeds-project-kuiper-satellite-network/ #satellitebroadband #projectkuiper #amazon #space

Google’s Pixel 10 launch sends T-Mobile’s satellite phone service into the data zone - T-Mobile says satellite access will get rid of “dead zones” for mobile phone apps. (T-Mo... - https://www.geekwire.com/2025/google-pixel-10-t-mobile-satellite-data/ #satellitebroadband #t-satellite #starlink #t-mobile #pixel10 #google #spacex #tech

Starlink offers RM1,200 service credit, pay nothing for 5 months #news #satellite #satellitebroadband #starlink #starlinkmalaysia #starlinkstandardv4kit #starlinkv4 #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2025/08/15/starlink-malaysia-rm1200-service-credit-satellite-broadband/

Starlink Residential Lite plan now available in Malaysia for RM129 per month #digitallife #featured #gloostore #harveynorman #itworld #news #pcimage #satellite #satellitebroadband #satellitebroadbandmalaysia #satellitebroadbandservice #satelliteinternet #senheng #snsnetwork #spacexstarlink #starlink #starlinkmalaysia #starlinkresidential #starlinkresidentiallite #starlinksatellitebroadband #starlinksatellitedish #telco #thundermatch

https://soyacincau.com/2025/05/23/starlink-residential-lite-plan-malaysia-price/

As Washington rethinks broadband strategy, satellite solutions deserve equal consideration

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/as-washington-rethinks-broadband-strategy-satellite-solutions-deserve-equal-consideration/

Starlink Standard V4 kit finally available in Malaysia, priced at RM1,600 #featured #gloostore #itworld #news #satellitebroadband #satellitebroadbandmalaysia #satellitebroadbandservice #satelliteinternet #senheng #senq #snsnetworks #starlink #starlinkmalaysia #starlinksatellitebroadband #starlinksatellitedish #starlinkstandard #starlinkstandardv4 #tech #telco #thundermatch

https://soyacincau.com/2025/01/14/starlink-standard-v4-kit-finally-available-in-malaysia-priced-at-rm1600/

Starlink has a mini satellite dish that can fit in your backpack #featured #news #satellite #satellitebroadband #spacex #starlink #starlinkmini #starlinksatellitebroadband #tech #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2024/06/18/starlink-mini-portable-satellite-broadband-dish-built-in-wifi/

The end of May coinciding with the end of a four-day workweek was a pleasant bonus of Memorial Day’s spot on the calendar this year. Another bonus: I had my last client-paid copy for the month filed by 2:09 p.m. Friday.

Patreon readers got one other post, a rant about the woeful UX of a Hilton offer for double points on upcoming hotel stays. That didn’t get published until almost 9 p.m. on Friday–which is still a lot better than the filing frenzy I’ve exhibited in the final minutes of the final days of other months.

5/28/2024: T-Mobile to Buy Regional Carrier UScellular, PCMag

I didn’t notice the name on the credit of the photo of a T-Mobile flag on a golf course that I’d selected from Getty Images to illustrate this post until I copied that metadata to paste into PCMag’s CMS. That’s when I realized that my Georgetown Voice friend Darren Carroll, a seriously talented photographer, had taken that shot during an idle moment at a golf tournament sponsored by the carrier.

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5/28/2024: A Lot of Websites Ask You About Cookies. How Should You Answer?, AARP

My editor at AARP asked if I could write an explainer about those dialogs you see on so many pages that suggest, ask, implore or assume that you’re okay with the site–and, in most cases, advertising networks–writing information about your visit to small text files saved on your device. After talking to numerous experts, I continue to think that your best response to those dialogs, should you not want to be tracked by advertisers, is to use a browser like Apple’s Safari, Microsoft’s Edge and Mozilla’s Firefox that will block ad-network trackers by default.

5/29/2024: Verizon Enlists AST SpaceMobile to Kill Off Its US Dead Zones, PCMag

Verizon’s apparent disinterest in using low-Earth-orbit satellites to provide at least emergency-level coverage in dead zones was looking increasingly weird. Then the carrier signed up the same satellite operator as AT&T to provide that backup connectivity, although it seems to be more conservative in its sales pitch than AT&T.

5/30/2024: Android Update Will Let You Fix Dumb Texting Typos (to Other Android Users), PCMag

I’ve yet to get the update to Google’s Messages app that enables this editing of sent RCS messages–assuming the recipients also have the same update installed–so I cannot yet report on how satisfying it might feel to fix a text typo.

5/30/2024: IRS Direct File App to Return for 2025, Welcome Taxpayers in More States, PCMag

This was one bit of news that I didn’t expect to see coming this week, but with the information-security conference I was attending not yielding any obvious breaking news, I jumped on the chance to write this up instead. And to point out to readers that while the IRS may call this rollout of its free tax-prep app “permanent,” you have to expect that voters returning convicted felon Donald Trump to the White House would soon be followed by Trump scrapping this program.

5/31/2024: FCC: It’s Game Over for Affordable Broadband Connectivity Program, PCMag

The official end of the ACP and the $30 monthly discounts on broadband it provided for more than 20 million American households led to my editors asking me to cover this program one more time.

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/06/02/weekly-output-t-mobile-buys-much-of-uscellular-cookie-permissions-dialogs-verizon-taps-ast-spacemobile-android-update-irs-keeps-direct-file-affordable-connectivity-program-ends/

#ACP #AffordableConnectivityProgram #AndroidFeatureDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #cookies #DirectFile #IRS #RCS #satelliteBroadband #TMobile #taxPrepSoftware #textingTypo #trackingCookies #USCellular #UScellular #verizon

Here’s how satellite broadband can improve healthcare access in rural Malaysia #connectme #connectmenow #digitallife #measat #mudahhealthtech #news #ranau #sabah #satellite #satellitebroadband #telco #telehealth #telemedicine

https://soyacincau.com/2024/05/20/measat-connectme-now-mudah-healthtech-telemedicine-satellite-ranau-sabah/

MEASAT is now an official Starlink reseller in Malaysia. Why? #featured #measat #satellitebroadband #spacex #starlink #starlinkmalaysia #tech #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2024/01/11/measat-is-now-an-official-starlink-reseller-in-malaysia-why/

SpaceX launches the first set of Starlink satellites for T-Mobile’s direct-to-cell plan - SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sends Starlink satellites to space from a California... - https://www.geekwire.com/2024/spacex-first-starlink-satellite-t-mobile-direct-cell/ #satellitebroadband #satellites #satellite #cellular #starlink #t-mobile #spacex #space

Amazon reveals a secret about its Project Kuiper satellites: They’re using laser links - This graphic shows how Project Kuiper would use optical signaling between satelli... - https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazon-secret-kuiper-satellites-laser-links/ #satellitebroadband #meshnetworking #projectkuiper #satellites #satellite #amazon #space #laser

SpaceX appoints Redtone as authorised Starlink reseller in Malaysia #news #redtone #satellitebroadband #spacex #starlink #starlinkmalaysia #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2023/11/28/redtone-authorised-starlink-reseller-malaysia/

MCMC: Starlink has not caused interference to other telco services in Malaysia to date #interference #mcmc #news #satellitebroadband #starlink #starlinkmalaysia #tech #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2023/09/12/mcmc-starlink-has-not-caused-interference-to-other-telco-services-in-malaysia-to-date/

Govt installs second Starlink dish at Orang Asli village behind Zoo Negara #fahmifadzil #featured #hulukemensah #mcmc #news #satellitebroadband #starlink #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2023/08/11/malaysia-govt-second-starlink-dish-orang-asli-village-hulu-kemensah/

World leaders concerned over Musk as Starlink expands satellite internet service #elonmusk #news #satellite #satellitebroadband #spacex #starlink #tech #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2023/08/02/world-leaders-concerned-over-musk-as-starlink-expands-satellite-internet-service/

Starlink now available in Malaysia, RM220/month for 100Mbps satellite broadband #elonmusk #featured #news #satellite #satellitebroadband #spacex #starlink #starlinkmalaysia #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2023/07/25/starlink-now-available-in-malaysia-rm220-month-for-100mbps-satellite-broadband/

MCMC: Starlink allowed to operate in Malaysia as a 100% foreign-owned entity #featured #mcmc #news #satellite #satellitebroadband #starlink #starlinkmalaysia #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2023/07/25/mcmc-starlink-allowed-to-operate-in-malaysia-as-a-100-foreign-owned-entity/

Anwar implies Elon Musk’s Starlink is cheaper than 5G. But is it true? #5g #5gmalaysia #anwaribrahim #broadband #digitallife #elonmusk #news #satellitebroadband #spacex #starlink #starlinkmalaysia #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2023/07/24/anwar-implies-elon-musks-starlink-is-cheaper-than-5g/

UiTM is getting 10 Starlink satellites kits but their campuses already have fibre broadband access #fahmifadzil #featured #news #satellite #satellitebroadband #starlink #telco #uitm

https://soyacincau.com/2023/07/24/uitm-is-getting-10-starlink-satellites-kits-but-their-campuses-already-have-fibre-broadband-access/

MCMC gives green light to Starlink to provide satellite services in Malaysia #digitallife #fahmifadzil #mcmc #news #satellitebroadband #starlink #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2023/07/20/mcmc-gives-green-light-to-starlink-to-provide-satellite-services/

Anwar to order Starlink satellite broadband for schools but there’s just one problem #anwaribrahim #broadband #elonmusk #featured #mcmc #news #satellitebroadband #starlink #telco

https://soyacincau.com/2023/07/17/anwar-malaysia-order-40-space-x-starlink-satellite-for-schools/

‘Redmond Space District’ celebrates the Northwest’s hotspot for satellite industry - SpaceX employees in Redmond, Wash., give a cheer during the countdown to a Starli... - https://www.geekwire.com/2023/redmond-space-district-celebrates-the-northwests-hotspot-for-satellite-industry/ #satellitebroadband #aerojetrocketdyne #projectkuiper #rbcsignals #satellites #satellite #starlink #redmond #kymeta #spacex #xplore #space

Amazon unveils three satellite user terminals, plans broadband service in 2024 - Enlarge / Satellite broadband user terminals designed by Amazon's Proje... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1923953 #satellitebroadband #projectkuiper #biz⁢ #policy #amazon

‘Open for business’: Amazon shows off antennas for its Kuiper satellite network - Amazon’s Dave Limp compares the size of the smallest Kuiper antenna, at right, to... - https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazon-antennas-kuiper-satellite-network/ #satelliteconference #satellitebroadband #projectkuiper #satellites #satellite #amazon #space

Satellite plans move ahead for Kymeta and OneWeb — and for SpaceX and T-Mobile - Kymeta’s team shows off flat-panel antennas made for OneWeb. (Kymeta Photo via Bu... - https://www.geekwire.com/2023/satellite-kymeta-oneweb-spacex-t-mobile/ #satelliteconference #satellitebroadband #azureorbital #loftorbital #azurespace #satellites #microsoft #satellite #antennas #t-mobile #kymeta #oneweb #spacex #space

Amazon’s Kuiper satellites are good to go after FCC’s approval of orbital debris plan - Artwork shows ULA’s Vulcan rocket lifting off with Amazon’s Kuiper satellites. (... - https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazon-kuiper-satellite-fcc-orbital-debris/ #federalcommunicationscommission #satellitebroadband #projectkuiper #satellites #broadband #satellite #amazon #space #fcc

Microsoft teams up with Viasat to spread satellite internet access across Africa - An artist’s conception shows the Viasat-3 satellite constellation in orbit. (Vias... - https://www.geekwire.com/2022/microsoft-viasat-satellite-internet-access-africa/ #satellitebroadband #satellites #microsoft #satellite #viasat #tech