Starlink satellite internet service is all set to launch in India. After getting regulatory clearance and spectrum allocation, Elon Musk’s company will launch satellite internet service in India. Starlink satellite internet service will provide internet facility to the users without any wires. However, Airtel and Jio also provide wireless broadband internet service to users. Both these companies provide internet service through Jio AirFiber and Airtel Xstream AirFiber.
The number of wireless broadband users of Airtel and Jio has grown tremendously in the last two years. Now the question is how Elon Musk’s Starlink is different from Airtel and Jio’s wireless broadband internet? Let’s know about these three internet services…
Jio and Airtel AirFiber
Reliance Jio is providing fiber broadband service to its users without any wires. It involves a small antenna mounted on the user’s roof, through which Internet connectivity reaches an AirFiber box (Wi-Fi router) placed inside the home. Through it users can connect the devices present in their home with broadband internet. Jio AirFiber’s antenna picks up the 5G signal from nearby mobile towers and transmits the internet to a Wi-Fi router placed in the user’s home. This internet service of Jio provides internet connectivity based on terrestrial network.
Even in Airtel Xstream AirFiber, users get internet signal from nearby 5G mobile tower of Airtel. The network signal then reaches the Wi-Fi router, called an Xstram AirFiber box, through an antenna placed on the roof of the user’s home. Devices kept in the house are connected to the Internet through this router. Airtel and Jio’s AirFiber broadband works on the same technology, in which the signal is sent from a mobile tower, or BTS, placed on the ground.
Starlink
Elon Musk’s company Starlink transmits signals from satellites directly to antennas installed at users’ homes. No base station is built on the ground for this. An antenna installed at a user’s home picks up a signal from a SpaceX satellite orbiting the Earth and transmits a high-speed Internet signal to a receiver. For this, dependency on any base station is removed. In such a situation, the user continues to get internet connectivity without any hindrance. Due to the direct signal received from the satellite, it is not affected by storms, storms or rains etc. This is the reason why satellite internet can provide connectivity even in emergencies.
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