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Re:What do Starlink’s latest Ookla results mean for its RDOF... by panick21_ on Thursday June 30, 2022 @07:04PM (#31939821)
> space spots

What does that even mean? You can't see them unless you have highly speziallised equipment.

And in terms of physical spots, space is absurdly huge, space is not really a limited resource.

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Re:What do Starlink’s latest Ookla results mean for its RDOF... by wmf on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:32AM (#31942391)
It seems like they're keeping a ~10 km buffer zone around each satellite which does add up. Between Starlink, OneWeb, and Kuiper a bunch of shells have already been taken.
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Re:What do Starlink’s latest Ookla results mean for its RDOF... by panick21_ on Friday July 01, 2022 @02:16PM (#31950493)
Those are current technological limitation the same way Montana farmers in the West didn't have barbed wire.

Tracking and control technology is constantly improving. Just like as with airplane safety humanity will improve with increase use.

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