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Limited by what? Where is this limitation metric coming from? Is this from Starlink?
by trident5000 3y ago
Limited by what? Where is this limitation metric coming from? Is this from Starlink?
- vel0city 3y agoFrom the dude himself. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1742396904619581642 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1742396904619581642 > Note, this only supports ~7Mb per beam and the beams are very big, so while this is a great solution for locations with no cellular connectivity, it is not meaningfully competitive with existing terrestrial cellular networks. And to think he often overstates things. A modern cell tower can handle a lot of throughput overall because it can slice a cell site into a lot of small sectors and handle a lot of clients in it. A single satellite covers many, many square miles even with a very, very narrow beam. Plus you're just dealing with vastly different SNR, power levels, speed differentials, etc.
- blackoil 3y agoPrimarily physics and economics.