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Re:SpaceX Is Launching 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Tonight by leesec on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:42PM (#19925706)
It would be hard to imagine they don't have a significant advantage in this massive new space with 4 billion or more potential customers.

Incredible stuff.

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Re:SpaceX Is Launching 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Tonight by skybrian on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:10PM (#19925839)
Well, maybe not at the same time? I would guess they'll be limited by bandwidth to fewer subscribers than the large ISP's.
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Re:SpaceX Is Launching 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Tonight by new_realist on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:00PM (#19925783)
Most people live in cities and these satellites can't serve a large number of simultaneous users. Rural and worse that rural are the best applications.
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Re:SpaceX Is Launching 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Tonight by taneq on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:12PM (#19925845)
You wouldn't have a Starlink antenna each. You'd have as many Starlink antennas as was reasonable then everyone would use traditional last-mile technologies to connect to them. The available bandwidth sounds reasonably high so it should still result in acceptable speeds unless your population density is bonkers.
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Re:SpaceX Is Launching 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Tonight by usaphp on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:10PM (#19925840)
Could not they have a hub/receiver on a roof of a building which will then distribute the connection to its peers?
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Re:SpaceX Is Launching 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Tonight by dgzl on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:06PM (#19925815)
> best applications

That's debatable. Most humanitarian application maybe.

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