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by rcxdude 1903 days ago
Metros are not the target market at all, in part because starlink (nor any other satellite internet) cannot serve above a certain density of customers (because there's only so focused you can make radio waves). Even with their planned upgrades and perfectly even distribution of their customers across the continental US, starlink could not serve more than a few percent of households. (Even Musk has said that it is not competition for the big ISPs, but that hasn't stopped a hype machine on the internet for assuming it will be).