SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
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Re: SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
#2Here is a link to some benchmarks:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/i9w09n/list_of_co...
Re: SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
#3I'm in the (slow) process of acquiring and fitting a sailboat for living at remote places. While I acknowledge that the cheapening of satellite internet will be nice, practical, and make my plans more realizable money-wise, I'm also a bit sad on what this implies to the taking a real distance to the information overloaded society.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
#4Here is a link to some benchmarks: https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/i9w09n/list_of_co...
I'm not sure benchmarks on an unloaded beta system are extremely useful. Once they add more satellites it may go down, but more users counter that...
It's decent early indicator, but hard to say long term if it's useful.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
#5This is only a dozen users per active starlink satellite. I wonder how many customers each satellite can actually support in terms of both available bandwidth and the ability for the phased arrays on the satellite to target the customer. I can't really see how Spacex will scale their system to reach the millions of customers they need to cover the costs of launching and maintaining all those satellites.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
#6This is only a dozen users per active starlink satellite. I wonder how many customers each satellite can actually support in terms of both available bandwidth and the ability for the phased arrays on the satellite to target the customer. I can't really see how Spacex will scale their system to reach the millions of customers they need to cover the costs of launching and maintaining all those satellites.
It's literally still in testing?
Re: SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
#7What is the theoretical limit of the system they have planned? How many people can it support? I’ve added my email to the waiting list. :)
Re: SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
#8This is only a dozen users per active starlink satellite. I wonder how many customers each satellite can actually support in terms of both available bandwidth and the ability for the phased arrays on the satellite to target the customer. I can't really see how Spacex will scale their system to reach the millions of customers they need to cover the costs of launching and maintaining all those satellites.
They just need to cover a network the size of viasat’s while offering better speeds.
Starlink isn’t going to be for rural America...that’s what 5G cellular is for. Now your sailboat or remote outpost...starlink is a game changer
Re: SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
#9I'm in the (slow) process of acquiring and fitting a sailboat for living at remote places. While I acknowledge that the cheapening of satellite internet will be nice, practical, and make my plans more realizable money-wise, I'm also a bit sad on what this implies to the taking a real distance to the information overloaded society.
Why not just omit the internet fittings? Surely you can control the access that you have.
Re: SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
#10I'm in the (slow) process of acquiring and fitting a sailboat for living at remote places. While I acknowledge that the cheapening of satellite internet will be nice, practical, and make my plans more realizable money-wise, I'm also a bit sad on what this implies to the taking a real distance to the information overloaded society.
I'm not sure this is for you, if you plan to move your boat:
> Can I travel with Starlink, or move it to a different address?
> Starlink satellites are scheduled to send internet down to all users within a designated area on the ground. This designated area is referred to as a cell.
> Your Starlink is assigned to a single cell. If you move your Starlink outside of its assigned cell, a satellite will not be scheduled to serve your Starlink and you will not receive internet. This is constrained by geometry and is not arbitrary geofencing