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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by shaklee3 on Thursday January 30, 2020 @12:54AM (#22189182)
That's completely false. Several providers have over 100GB/mo plans.
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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by baq on Thursday January 30, 2020 @01:10AM (#22189247)
Latency is completely true. Can’t be otherwise because speed of light is a thing.
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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by shaklee3 on Thursday January 30, 2020 @01:15AM (#22189271)
The latency part is true, but the cap is not:

https://www.satelliteinternet.com/resources/unlimited-satell...

We can argue about whether latency matters for most people, but it's not going to go anywhere.

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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by DangitBobby on Thursday January 30, 2020 @02:36AM (#22189630)
Whew $150/mo for 100 GB of data
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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by alasdair_ on Thursday January 30, 2020 @05:29AM (#22190358)
That actually doesn’t seem that bad, especially for the middle of nowhere.
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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by swiley on Thursday January 30, 2020 @08:53AM (#22191262)
Ok, that’s new. Back when I had it you couldn’t buy anything over 20GB.
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