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Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps by jiofih on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:17PM (#24163400)
100Gbps microwave links have been shown on land. If you take that as a theoretical limit, 12k satellites can give you 1200Tbps.
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Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps by shaklee3 on Saturday August 15, 2020 @01:13AM (#24166148)
That's not comparable to sending a signal from space.
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