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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by Robotbeat on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:16AM (#26176563)
It's not exactly a long ways off if a dozen satellites are already using it (there were 2 previous ones).

Every time SpaceX makes a goal, someone claims it's really far away until it is completed.

If there was a need for Terabit/s laser capacity for Starlink, there's no particularly good reason it couldn't be developed.

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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by n4r9 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:06AM (#26178053)
Musk does tend to achieve his goals eventually although the timescales are generally 2-7 years too ambitious:

www.bloomberg.com/features/elon-musk-goals

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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by VectorLock on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:44AM (#26182076)
Damn that doesn't bode well for me getting a Cybertruck any time soon.
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