Re: Starlink, before anything got launched

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

"Early Starlink, before anything got launched, they were saying,
'We're going to compete with fiber for everybody.' Then it was, 'We're
going to compete with fiber for some.' Then it's, 'We're going to
offer good enough broadband for rural,'" Ali, the Penn State
professor, says. "They've really tampered down expectations. Will the
speeds go up as the technology improves? Sure, but how long is that
going to take?"
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The most recent data from Ookla -- albeit a year old -- shows that
Starlink users are getting 65/10Mbps on average, with 58 milliseconds
of latency. In 2022, Starlink was denied nearly $900 million in rural
broadband subsidies because it failed to hit that 100/20Mbps
benchmark. Musk said on X in January 2024 that the idea that Starlink
had failed to reach these speeds was "utterly false" and that
"Starlink exceeds that right now."
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https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/features/inside-the-rise-of-7000-starlink-satellites-and-their-inevitable-downfall/

In sweden, my 4G internet gets me about 100/50 Mbps at 11 USD per month. This is more than enough for my personal needs. The company has all its stuff in a DC with I think, 10 Gbps links.