@herrorange Already existing options do that better than the old #SILK codec.

• #Linphone (#SIP client) supports #Opus & #Speex, which can do better at narrower bandwiths)

• #Codec2 OFC can work even on #Iridium-level bandwiths

• #Mumble, #WebCall & #JitsiMeet also do fine on #Skype-able bandwiths and don't require a T H I C C install on peoples' devices...

@amayer @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff NOT TRUE!

The entire CnC systems for #UAV|s by the US DoD use X-Band for video feeds and #Iridium for remote control.

• In combat theaters, drones get either controlled by operators on the ground in visual range or get their targets directed by them i.e. via IR Laser Designators (so a Hellfire Rocket can home in!)

Basically no drone fielded supports #Starlink even as secondary payload because the angular velocity exceeds Starlink specs on existing terminals.

• Most drones fielded by #Ukraine are close-range multicopters that drop mortar rounds vertically into trenches, they don't have any #SATCOM, they barely have a video feed on 5,8 GHz...

@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff noone relies solely on #Starlink, espechally given it's big-ass dishes.

• Even the #US #DoD uses #Iridium & #UHFSATCOM.

• #SES & #Eutelsat have various commercial #Cband, #KuBand & #KaBand transponders for bidirectional data from their GSOs.

• #XTAR has a #Xband-Spotbeam.

• #Ukraine has both #Fiber and #Radio links (civilian and military) to link together units and emplacements. Espechally direct-burial/lie-flat fiber is used because #COTS parts are cheap, commonplace and unlike copper, they can do 160km+ without amplifiers with ample of room for splices.

Pretty shure Starlink was a mere "comfort feature" allowing units to send their drone footage from their FOB to HQ for instant #Meme|fication and "scoreboard updates" but I'm shure worst-case the #NAFO friends will just pack in some 2,5" SSDs and USB cases with the next supply trucks or have some #Skyhook-Style delivery system if that was ever needed.

• I'm shure the folks in the trenches will miss YouTubing in their toilet break, but I'm shure they still have enough #Memes and #Entertainment in reserve to compensate for it.

White Hat Hackers Expose #Iridium #Satellite #Security Flaws https://spectrum.ieee.org/iridium-satellite

@fossheim you mean like folks who live in areas where #Iridium is the only reliable comms and GSO-placed satellites can't reach (>82°N)?

@vampiress and they are slow as shit regardless if you give them #Iridium @ 2500bit/s or a symmetric Gigabit Fiber straight up an SFP port!

@Nonilex and in fact plants in #Mexico and #Canada are certified by the #US for #NatSec-level #tech to be produced there.

• Starting with the #Iridium 9575A PTT, which is a #SatCom + #SatellitePhone handset!

Pretty shure the Pentagon loves to have cost overruns when equipping troops with modern comms...

• And that's just the one example I could pull out of my butt without thinking about it...