[gpm]

That number looks to be before multiplexing, so it's not that bad. If 10% of the people in the area are using the internet at the same time (as in are actively downloading at full speed, not just are scrolling through already downloaded content) it should go up to 72 mbps per person, and so on.

[AlotOfReading]

It's not actually those numbers. For one thing, bandwidth is split between upload and download. 700Gbps isn't the actual capacity either, just the theoretical bandwidth. It's less in practice, limited by things like gateway capacity etc. the bandwidth also isn't evenly allocated between terminals because starlink has service tiers like other ISPs. Terminals are also not people. They're usually shared by households that may encompass multiple users at a time.

There's very good reasons starlink has such low limits on terminals per cell.

[trevyn]

AlotOfReading, based on your other post in this thread, your information on Starlink limits is very out of date.

Readers, I would take posts from this user with a large grain of salt.

[kortilla]

You’re just making shit up at this point so it’s not clear how to respond. I use Starlink in a city of 300k people in the mountains in the west and never see <50mbps download even during peak congestion.

The bandwidth is not split between upload and download, it’s very explicitly optimized for download capacity which is what most people are interested in. If you want to upload much beyond 15mbps, Starlink is going to suck for you regardless of congestion.

>There's very good reasons starlink has such low limits on terminals per cell.

High density areas are broken into smaller cells to help with this. don’t forget that the limit doesn’t apply to roaming users either.