[Diederich]

> Starlink is fundamentally not about providing broadband to anyone.

This reply brought to you over a robust, fast, low latency and reliable Starlink connection.

[ctdonath]

And cheap. $99/mo for competitive data service literally anywhere is amazingly cheap.

[kevin_thibedeau]

Wait til you have 1000 neighbors vying for bandwidth.

[benlivengood]

The most pessimistic estimate I've seen paid for by the cable industry is here: https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10208168836021/FBA_LEO_RDOF_Ass...

Only if each subscriber is using an average of 15-20 Mbps during peak times will about 50% of subscribers see some throttling.

Interestingly they only showed a single graph of average bandwidth over time from a cable company to estimate needs for SpaceX. No clue if they actually separated it out by time zone for each coverage area in their actual analysis.

[Diederich]

Starlink isn't about directly competing against high density fiber connected internet. It's about everyone else.