> It also gives them flexibility in the future to not act as a worldwide internet backbone for their own users traffic by advertising each set of local IP's only at local POP's.
They'd need multiple ASNs for each of these network islands then, though – is their network actually set up like that?
> if you roam too far, your connection will be briefly interrupted while they assign you a new IP address.
That's an interesting detail: It seems like they might not actually have cross base station roaming/connectivity, unlike e.g. mobile ISPs in large countries (where you can keep the same IP and maintain open connections even as you're driving across the country).
I wonder if Starlink will eventually build out a terrestrial backbone to complement their satellite network for these two scenarios (i.e. very mobile base stations, such as those on airplanes, and terminating their own traffic globally as opposed to locally).
They'd need multiple ASNs for each of these network islands then, though – is their network actually set up like that?
> if you roam too far, your connection will be briefly interrupted while they assign you a new IP address.
That's an interesting detail: It seems like they might not actually have cross base station roaming/connectivity, unlike e.g. mobile ISPs in large countries (where you can keep the same IP and maintain open connections even as you're driving across the country).
I wonder if Starlink will eventually build out a terrestrial backbone to complement their satellite network for these two scenarios (i.e. very mobile base stations, such as those on airplanes, and terminating their own traffic globally as opposed to locally).