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Re:Real-time map of every Starlink satellite in orbit by beejiu on Monday March 25, 2024 @05:35AM (#39814221)
Nobody uses 100Mbps continuously. Not even close. Would probably average about 0.5% of that capacity. 16000/0.005 = 3.2 million customers. That's quite close to the 2.6 million they have on the page.
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Re:Real-time map of every Starlink satellite in orbit by doublerabbit on Monday March 25, 2024 @06:31AM (#39814529)
> Nobody uses 100Mbps continuously

Only because nobody can sensibility obtain 100Mbps as a connection. I'm still stuck on 2Mb ADSL.

Where games are now 30-60GB in download, family streaming is a thing. This would be topped pretty easily.

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Re:Real-time map of every Starlink satellite in orbit by beejiu on Monday March 25, 2024 @06:36AM (#39814555)
100/1024*86400/8 = 1054 GB every day

You'd have to download 17 of those games every day to saturate your 100 Mbps connection.

It's about 350 hours of Netflix streaming per day.

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