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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by consumer451 on Friday July 10, 2026 @10:46PM (#48868174)
> There is no broadband or fiber on remote islands along the coast.

I have family on the USA side of the islands. Kenmore Air is subsidized, but the trees are so darn tall that at many homes, Starlink is not an option. (they like the trees and use directional microwave, which sucks for Zoom)

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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by ant6n on Friday July 10, 2026 @10:59PM (#48868263)
Can you use a pole.
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by Barbing on Friday July 10, 2026 @11:19PM (#48868388)
Or tree mount if not [a] protected [species]
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by consumer451 on Saturday July 11, 2026 @01:01AM (#48868908)
Douglas Firs are silly tall in the PNW.
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by mlindner on Friday July 10, 2026 @11:19PM (#48868387)
FWIW it may be tenable now as Starlink has gotten much better at tree/obstruction avoidance in the signal and will preemptively switch the satellite it's using when an obstruction is approaching. Id check again.
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by wvanbergen on Saturday July 11, 2026 @06:52AM (#48870822)
Sounds like a similar setup to GAIA on Galiano Island in BC, described here: https://www.galianonet.org/about
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