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What's the point of Starlink? with 4G/5G home internet, there's no real point anymore.
by bumblebritches5 4y ago
What's the point of Starlink?
with 4G/5G home internet, there's no real point anymore.
- Dagger2 4y agoDecent satellite internet for people who can't get anything else? I don't see how 4G/5G home internet existing removes the point of it.
- NelsonMinar 4y agoWhere I live, I can try to use 4G. I get one bar of signal and when it's working I get anywhere from 0.2 to 20Mbps with 700ms (!) latency. It costs $80 for 150Gb a month. Or I can use Starlink. I get a solid reliable signal, anywhere from 20-250 Mbps with 60ms latency. It costs $110 for unlimited bandwidth. The real competition where I am is fixed wireless. That's 12 Mbps, 70ms latency, and $100/mo.
- Handytinge 4y agoYou likely live in a country with a population smaller than 5% of the worlds. Many people do not have this option. For me personally, the pathing of 5G and my broadband are too similar, so Starlink acts as a redundancy for these.
- bumblebritches5 4y ago