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Once you buy Starlink does it work from anywhere or does it have to remain where you buy it?

• grecy 6y ago
  Currently the beta is geo-locked to within about 35 miles of there address you signed up for it. Elon has said multiple times it will work perfectly well on a yacht crossing the pacific, a moving train, etc., so we have to assume the "stay in one place" restriction will go away. Country borders will be interesting though, I assume many want to tightly control how you communicate with sats.
  • FrojoS 6y ago
    With the current satellites it can’t work in the middle of the ocean due to a lack of ground stations.
    • grecy 6y ago
      Right, but it will in the future.
• FrojoS 6y ago
  Currently (beta) it only works at the registered address (30mile radius I believe). However, this is certainly not a technological limitation, since SpaceX has demonstrate use in airplanes already.