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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by shaklee3 on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:33AM (#35423274)
they have spent an immense amount of money and time on fcc filings for spectrum. this is a mixture of asking for spectrum, proving they're not interfering, and trying to beat kuiper and others to market.
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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by mlyle on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:25AM (#35424103)
> they have spent an immense amount of money and time on fcc filings for spectrum.

Well, sure. It has a multiplicative effect with number of satellites on throughput. Not to mention the proxy warfare they've endured from other constellation vendors through the FCC.

The big point which I responded to was there was a claim that adding more satellites doesn't add throughput ("Do cheap launches help")-- that one could be purely spectrum limited and not benefit from additional satellites. Directional antennas make this not true for any reasonable number of satellites.

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