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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by EpicEng on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @03:21PM (#22185364)
>So assuming you offer everyone a 100MB/s connection...

It's ridiculous to assume that everyone will be using 100MB/s at all times.

Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by randyrand on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:51PM (#22186239)
I think he meant 100 Mb/s, which is much more reasonable but still pretty high for a single person. The average bitrate of a youtube video is about 6mbps.

An average constant bitrate per person in the evenings is perhaps around 10 Mb/s. So 25 million people could use this assuming 100% satellite use.

Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by ac29 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:44PM (#22186176)
Even at 100-1000x oversubscription, this doesn't seem like a solution for the "half of humanity" that the article claims this will affect (~3.9B people as of today).

I certainly find Starlink interesting, but I think its impact will be a lot smaller than the author does.