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Re:SpaceX just filed a request to run 30k more Starlink sate... by cholmon on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:09PM (#21273460)
~45% of the world's population lives in rural areas. That's a lot of potential customers, myself included; I live 30 minutes north of a US state capitol, and my only option for terrestrial internet at home is 1.5mbps DSL (which I currently pay $70/mo for), or my cell carrier (which is spotty and unreliable in my house), so I'd definitely consider SpaceX Internet.
Re:SpaceX just filed a request to run 30k more Starlink sate... by borkt on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:21PM (#21273619)
I live 60 miles from san francisco and can't even get DSL - Satellite and cell only, cell is no service 40% of the time, 1 bar 60%