Re:I took down my Starlink dish (but haven't cancelled)
by ZetaZero on Thursday February 03, 2022 @10:34AM
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It's a low orbit satellite, which limits the amount of coverage for each satellite. And currently (without the sat-2-sat laser link), there needs to be a ground station also in range. If his cousin's house isn't close enough to a ground station, it just doesn't work. That's why Starlink is allocating based on addresses.
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Re:I took down my Starlink dish (but haven't cancelled)
by zekica on Thursday February 03, 2022 @11:54AM
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This range is not 70 miles, it may be 300+ miles. My location in eastern Europe currently can connect to ground stations in Poland and Turkey (600 miles apart).
Re:I took down my Starlink dish (but haven't cancelled)
by ZetaZero on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:10PM
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Right. But if you live near the edge of coverage, say 280 miles, and your friend lives another 70 miles out, he could be 350 miles from the nearest base station. I know this is an oversimplification of the issue. But maybe the friend would be connected to a different ground station, that happened to be full.