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Starlink is supposed to operate 30k satellites, and it currently has something around 1,5k (correct me if I am wrong). What this means is we can expect that in

Starlink is supposed to operate 30k satellites, and it currently has something around 1,5k (correct me if I am wrong). What this means is we can expect that in future obstructions will be much less of a problem, because there will be much better chance that at any point in time there will be a satellite on visible part of the sky. Also, I think, main reason of Starlink is to have access anywhere, even in extremely remote areas. I think some inconvenience is expected and fair. I don't expect Starlink is going to replace a traditional broadband -- for that it will never have the bandwidth necessary.

tsimionescu 5y ago
That 30k / 42k number is mostly Musk lies. It's very unlikely to ever happen given the size of the market, the cost of launches, and the short lifetime of satellites in LEO. Basically, they would have to constantly launch significantly more satellites than they do today to ever maintain a 30-40k satellite network in LEO. And even Musk estimates like 500k customers - this would basically mean 1 satellite for every 10-20 customers, once every few years. There is no way for that to make economic sense. My prediction is that they will stop somewhere around the current number of satellites, in fact. At the very most, they might triple the current number.