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Re:SpaceX Starlink average speedtest is 42.3Mbps down / 9.7 ... by swiley on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:06AM (#24292406)
It’s better than what most of the US has (by land not people)
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Re:SpaceX Starlink average speedtest is 42.3Mbps down / 9.7 ... by arethuza on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:20AM (#24292513)
I would guess the same for the UK - certainly for Scotland :-(

Edit: Surprisingly little of the UK is actually built up areas: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/land-cover-atlas-uk-1.74...

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Re:SpaceX Starlink average speedtest is 42.3Mbps down / 9.7 ... by swiley on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:09AM (#24303515)
That really is surprising considering it’s just an island (or a few islands? I can never remember wether Ireland/isle of man is included.) It’s weird how expensive housing can get when there’s so much empty space.
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Re:SpaceX Starlink average speedtest is 42.3Mbps down / 9.7 ... by arethuza on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:32AM (#24303646)
Part of the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland, is part of the UK the rest being the Republic of Ireland (which everyone not in NI refers to as just Ireland).

The Isle of Man isn't part of the UK, though it is a Crown Dependency.

This is all just as confusing as it sounds...

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