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Why would the highest demand for Starlink be in cities? Who in their right mind would pay for Starlink over fiber? The same cost, but a lot better connection l

• walrus01 4y ago
  You might be surprised how many outer suburbs of big cities have absolutely nothing for real broadband availability, there's a number of starlink terminals in far suburbs of Seattle where the only other option is 5Mbps long loop length adsl2+ on degraded copper.
• ncallaway 4y ago
  If 50% of the people in a plane want Starlink cell with a plane want it, vs .1% of the people in NYC want Starlink, then the NYC cell is going to have far more demand.
• mlindner 4y ago
  > Why would the highest demand for Starlink be in cities? Because even if there's very few people who don't have good service (for example some kind of technical issue where fiber can't be routed to a specific building) you quickly reach the capacity for the service. Plus the odd person who wants it for a backup.
• chrisco255 4y ago
  I'm a full time RVer and carry a Starlink because while the campgrounds usually have WiFi, they often are terrible and get bogged down easily. I'm usually parked in or near a large city. I've noticed lately that Starlinks are becoming more and more popular among RVers. Also, I routinely get 100+ Mbps on Starlink, which is better than a lot of connections available across the country.