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Re:Starlink WiFi Router FCC Approved by dghughes on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:28PM (#23840540)
From what I can find each Starlink can support about 650 users. I'm not sure how far apart each satellite is and if that means the 651 person is out of luck.

Rural areas with sparse populations would make sense rather than dense urban areas with greater populations. Even if like GPS there are several satellite overhead even a dozen may be too few for large cities.

The perfect customer is one person who lives in a rural area that doesn't have trees and it doesn't snow.

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Re:Starlink WiFi Router FCC Approved by nyolfen on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:39PM (#23840604)
isn't the plan to have ~10k satellites eventually? i'd imagine the pace of launches would pick up as they have more success
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Re:Starlink WiFi Router FCC Approved by rini17 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:41AM (#23842054)
Some napkin math:

Total covered area: 400 000 000 km2/ 40 000 satellites / 650 users = about 15km2 per user

i.e. starlink users should be on average 4km or 2,5mi apart

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