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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by DuskStar on Sunday December 08, 2019 @06:28PM (#21739211)
> Still doesn't matter for the typical home user.

550km vs 1,150km might not matter, but it matters a ton vs 40,000km. Even without the bandwidth limits, I wouldn't be able to use geostationary internet for my normal usage.

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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by CrazyStat on Sunday December 08, 2019 @09:59PM (#21740075)
Starlink has been LEO since it was first announced, so how bad geostationary internet may be is not relevant to the discussion about why SpaceX lowered the altitude.
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