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Re:Starlink Maritime by jonah on Thursday July 07, 2022 @07:06PM (#32020819)
Yes, they can do it - my parents have Hughes satellite internet. I've been able to do multi-person video calls from their house. It's pretty low bandwidth though 40Mbps or so claimed I think and something like 50Gb/Month data cap.

It was faster and cheaper to tether to my cell phone while working from their house.

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Re:Starlink Maritime by lxgr on Thursday July 07, 2022 @09:25PM (#32021910)
Out of curiosity – why don't your parents use fixed 4G or 5G internet in that case?
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Re:Starlink Maritime by jonah on Friday July 08, 2022 @03:46AM (#32024026)
Good question. They may not be aware of it. Though I did talk with one of their neighbors who mentioned they had it.
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Re:Starlink Maritime by fshbbdssbbgdd on Friday July 08, 2022 @08:38PM (#32030049)
4G and 5G modems can be a really solid solution if you point an antenna at the tower.
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