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Re:SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a... by jsf01 on Saturday October 09, 2021 @05:41PM (#28813562)
>middle of the ocean

Is this true? It’s been my dream to use it on a boat and be able to work from there, but my understanding was that you had to have the satellite dish in a permanent fixed location on land.

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Re:SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a... by emj on Saturday October 09, 2021 @05:50PM (#28813616)
You still need a downlink base near you, so while you are ok on Cuba if the base station is Miami. Getting a connection on Easter island is still not possible without using the fiberlink to that island.

EDIT: looking at that map, it's better to say that Puerto Rico can not get a connection from Miami, but Cuba can.

https://starlink.sx/

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Re:SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a... by llboston on Saturday October 09, 2021 @05:46PM (#28813592)
not yet, but will be once SpaceX starts to mass launch their next-gen satellites that communicate with each other with laser.
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