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> Starlink is fundamentally not about providing broadband to anyone. This reply brought to you over a robust, fast, low latency and reliable Starlink connectio
by Diederich 5y ago
> Starlink is fundamentally not about providing broadband to anyone.
This reply brought to you over a robust, fast, low latency and reliable Starlink connection.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoWait til you have 1000 neighbors vying for bandwidth.
- benlivengood 5y agoThe most pessimistic estimate I've seen paid for by the cable industry is here: https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10208168836021/FBA_LEO_RDOF_Assessment_Final_Report_20210208.pdf https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10208168836021/FBA_LEO_RDOF_Ass... Only if each subscriber is using an average of 15-20 Mbps during peak times will about 50% of subscribers see some throttling. Interestingly they only showed a single graph of average bandwidth over time from a cable company to estimate needs for SpaceX. No clue if they actually separated it out by time zone for each coverage area in their actual analysis.
- Diederich 5y agoStarlink isn't about directly competing against high density fiber connected internet. It's about everyone else.
- ctdonath 5y agoAnd cheap. $99/mo for competitive data service literally anywhere is amazingly cheap.