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Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps by wyldfire on Friday August 14, 2020 @06:21PM (#24163994)
> and it will just get better.

Won't it get worse when it's generally available? More congestion on the same channel means less per-user throughput right?

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Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps by shaklee3 on Saturday August 15, 2020 @12:46AM (#24166025)
It's going to get worse. Right now it's completely uncongested. The terminals are not built to handle two satellites at the same time, so the throughput they are getting now is likely close to the maximum that they will be seeing.
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Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps by Traster on Friday August 14, 2020 @06:50PM (#24164203)
And when it's at scale it'll actually have to make a profit.
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