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[–] UFO64 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They cannot simply shift them. There are huge regulatory machines that would need to approve such an event. At most they could cut off using some of their band and use less of it, but that comes at the cost of customer service.

A satellite passing over your head will travel about 4,500KM from horizon to horizon (assuming low earth orbit). Turning off the radios over that span of distance would mean entire countries don't get starlink traffic any time a radio telescope needs that band, and my suspicion is they need them often.

Honestly, we need to get more of these things off earth to continue this sort of research.

[–] SchmidtGenetics -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What? The bands already have a range, they don’t stay static on a single frequency in that band because of overloading, but if it needs to be done for periods of a time, there’s no issue with that. The band already cycles, what regulatory “machines” are involved? Stay at the top end, and then the bottom end for a bit. Put the cycle on a schedule instead of having all active at once.

And no they wouldn’t lose internet, there’s multiple bands and frequencies for that exact reason. If ones congested, it shifts to another less congested and cycles that way.

Using the light and laser example shift the red light to oranger and get some data, shift it to bluer and get the other. You can also shift the laser a little to get get more data on either side of that.

Light, like radio has fluctuations you can take advantage of to read between the lines.

[–] UFO64 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Read the comment more carefully stranger.

[–] SchmidtGenetics -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

? What…?

I rebuttal your comment and ask for additional information and you just say read it again?

Maybe you need to read the chain again, because you claim there’s a regulatory machine. Can you expand on how this is relevant? I spent time clarifying f my position and this is the shit I get back for a discussion…?

[–] UFO64 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Correct. You need to read it again.

[–] SchmidtGenetics 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes and you need to read my comment again since I explained how there isn’t a regulatory body since they already shift…

You aren’t the sharpest crayon are you?

[–] UFO64 0 points 1 month ago

Your sad attempt at an ad hominem rather proves my point.