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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by s_y_n_t_a_x on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:32PM (#19679237)
That's unfair to the millions of Americans living in rural areas having to cope with current slow speeds. Don't you want the world more connected?

The problem with the current scenario is ISPs and wireless providers won't run lines or stand up towers for a low populated area. They know they won't ever make the money back for the project. With low orbit satellites this problem is solved. Would you rather those people live in the past just because they don't choose to live in the city?

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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by shaklee3 on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @12:57AM (#19679873)
There are existing high speed satellite services.
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by jagger27 on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @01:41AM (#19680025)
Latency matters. LEO gives us that.
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by shaklee3 on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @09:13AM (#19682207)
It does for some things, and not for others. Streaming and web browsing hardly have a difference.
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by s_y_n_t_a_x on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @11:05AM (#19683177)
The caps, bandwidth, and latency are all awful for current solutions.
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by shaklee3 on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @11:54PM (#19688591)
They will be the same for SpaceX. What makes you think otherwise? Their constellation will not start out anywhere near the max capacity they've stated.
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