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Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by sneak on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:29AM (#23560055)
You don't need inter-satellite links for low latency, as Mark Handley has elegantly pointed out in his incredible video. I don't think internet access will amount to even 50% of the revenue of Starlink.

https://youtu.be/m05abdGSOxY

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Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by modeless on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:56AM (#23560490)
You don't need satellites at all to beat fiber. Terrestrial microwave does it too. Starlink can't beat microwave except for places where it's impossible to install microwave, like over the ocean. But without cross links Starlink won't work over the ocean either.
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