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Re:The modern web on a slow connection (2017) by fossuser on Saturday June 05, 2021 @03:40PM (#27407930)
Starlink is a life saver for this situation.

Family in Placerville CA went from unusable <1mbps viasat to 50-190mbps overnight.

I hope it puts all the geostationary satellite companies into bankruptcy.

Re:The modern web on a slow connection (2017) by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday June 05, 2021 @04:31PM (#27408232)
They're not competing for bandwidth with anyone else yet. Wait til the service is open to everyone.
Re:The modern web on a slow connection (2017) by walrus01 on Saturday June 05, 2021 @05:29PM (#27408603)
They're limiting the number of CPEs per cell to a maximum number of sites, and volume of traffic, such that the service won't degrade to a viasat/hughesnet like terrible consumer experience. I can't say how I know, but some very experienced and talented network engineers are designing the network topology and oversubscription/contention ratio based out of their Redmond, WA offices.
Re:The modern web on a slow connection (2017) by pjscott on Saturday June 05, 2021 @05:06PM (#27408455)
In rural areas, contention should stay low enough that the speeds will continue to be at least decent. And of course the latency is much lower than geosynchronous satellites, independent of bandwidth.
Re:The modern web on a slow connection (2017) by nomoreplease on Sunday June 06, 2021 @09:28AM (#27413009)
OneWeb is launching new sats I think in leo