Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps
by jedberg on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:00PM
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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
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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.