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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by Thlom on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @06:15AM (#30271377)
Isn't it $99/mo for service? Afaik there is no guaranteed bandwidth at all at the moment as all users are beta testers? All users are on a "best effort all you can get" plan. I'm sure there will be different tiers as the network matures.
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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by modeless on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @03:58PM (#30278381)
I hate to break it to you, but you don't get guaranteed bandwidth on your wired consumer ISP either. Reported speeds have been more than reasonable for a consumer service. 100 Mbps isn't even the peak speed, that's more like 250 Mbps.
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