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Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps by gamblor956 on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:55PM (#24163155)
Do people not understand that satellite internet already exists today?

We don't drop satellite modems into war torn countries now, and we're not going to start doing that just because Elon Musk needs to check off one of his PR claims.

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Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps by jedberg on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:00PM (#24163220)
They're really expensive and big. Also, we actually do sometimes drop satellite internet into places.
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Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps by gamblor956 on Friday August 14, 2020 @06:11PM (#24163928)
Unless the pictures on Google are wrong, a Starlink base station is significantly larger than a satellite phone and is at least as large as a field base station.

And at $2000/pop, they're at least as expensive as the equipment we're currently not randomly dropping around the globe because of the expense.

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