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Re:Starlink Maritime by pclmulqdq on Friday July 08, 2022 @09:18PM (#32030291)
It's a round number, and assumes about 10% loss. But also, they can't make or launch the sats for $1.25 million each yet, so it might not be a bad number.

Also, by my math, 5:1 oversubscribed is about breakeven, and it appears to be what Starlink does (reports of 10-50 mbps by users).

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Re:Starlink Maritime by FeepingCreature on Friday July 08, 2022 @10:19PM (#32030743)
Just to note, 5:1 oversubscription wouldn't give you 10-50mbps unless everyone was using the connection at full rate at once. That's why (quick google) DSL services often oversubscribe by up to a 100:1.
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