Starlink

“shutting off your access to the technology is their option and it will likely happen at the moment it is a greatest problem to you”

“We should never have allowed this private citizen to be in a position where he has a hand in the spigot of defense infrastructure”

“recent decision to limit the service to working at less than 100mph which makes it harder to use it for intercepting incoming drones and missiles”

“Elon previously personally intervened and neutered Ukraine's Starlink after a Russian government official told him Russia was going to nuke someone”

“Go somewhere truly remote and see how it’s changing the world very quickly. I’ve seen it first hand in Arctic Canada, Australia and North Africa.”

“interferes with astronomy, pollutes the atmosphere with metallic re-entry debris, and has pushed Low Earth Orbit to the brink of the Kessler Syndrome”

“Starlink latency, while better than most satellite data latency, is still far too long to be usable for remote control of a vehicle.”

“connecting previously unconnected (and some unconnectable) regions is a huge boon to their population. Starlink is great.”

“watching a World Cup game in real-time whilst soaring at 1000kmh/35,000ft over the Arabian desert sounds like science fiction decades ago.”

“Considering there are now multiple companies planning to launch their own fleets of tens of thousands, satellites need replacing, etc”

“The one flight that I was on that had Starlink, had better internet during the flight, than most airports have on the ground.”

“Every largish construction company in the country uses StarLink for their many projects where Internet isn't available.”

“There are millions of people in Africa and rural areas around the world who have access to the internet because of these satellites.”

“Starlink short circuits that process. It means newly minted middle income people my dad's village in Bangladesh can get broadband now instead of in 2050.”

“Starlink is no replacement for fiber, but even all across the EU and the US there are many places without fiber access.”

“There is genuine demand for orbital ISP from people, including people in poorer countries whom a better connectivity may help improve their incomes and lives”

“So Starlink is definitely still relevant. I've seen several small/medium businesses here in Austria that have a starlink terminal as a backup.”

“There was connectivity from takeoff to landing with no interruption in between. This was the best airline experience I've had yet.”

“It's a great service. Also it's powering a lot of airlines now, it's fast and reliable to the point I can watch youtube and tiktok on my flights.”

“The Starlink constellation is leaking radio interference in bands it pinky promised it wouldn't and the issue got worse with successive generations”

“Starlink is already over-congested and physics says that it is not possible to scale it up to serve 100000000 subscribers”

“It's the first time many developing countries have had access to high quality internet at an often relatively affordable price?”

“see the quality of vision improve point to point across the planet as SpaceX increases launch cadence to proliferate their Starlink and Starshield constellations”

“Starlink, which is a solid product but has growth limited by competitors from conventional ISPs with far-superior fiber networks”

“Starlink is the real deal - all of Ukraine's successes (or reversed losses) in the last few months are mostly due to Starlink cutting off Russia.”

“Starlink is less than 10 years away from providing full data services to cellphones globally, allowing them to offer a better service at a cheaper rate”

“with the satelites risk and disruption to astronomy and the co2 usage, it might have affected more people negativly than positivly”

“The biggest issue here is that each satellite only lasts for approx. 7 years in LEO before its deorbited vs a fiber link last basically forever”

“Starlink residential 100 Mbps is cheaper ($69/mo AUD) (ignoring hardware and setup costs) than 50 Mbps fixed line internet ($80/mo AUD)”

“I've had it since 2024 and between the Google Fiber at home and Starlink on the move, I think this has been overall A+ experience.”

“It's a large quality of life improvement for me because in my rural area there is no cellular connection during most of my driving.”

“Used it off my balcony in SF when Google Fiber had a 1 hr outage, take it on road trips, and stuff like that. Totally worth it.”

“Starlink terminals use highly-directional antennas that point at the sky (see. beamforming) and therefore they don't leak much in terms of RF emissions.”

“Ultimately there should be somewhat less space junk in LEO's but sadly that's a problen that is only going to get worse now multiple parties want oversized SpaceTwitter type constellations.”

“Starlink is currently the only good option for the entire ocean and any remote place on earth not reachable by fiber infra.”

“This methodology is what provides high speed, low latency internet to the South Pole and every other spot on earth allowed by regulatory.”

“Starlink is space broadband, and their cheap launch costs and other technological advancements mean the service is profitable at a competitive price point.”

“Starlink solves for a problem where there is not a good alternative: high-speed Internet access for rural environments.”

“Starlink satellites would be pointless for doing computation because they are spread across the Earth resulting in horrible latency”

“Starlink is not a substitute for fixed broadband. It might be adequate for most use cases, but it's not equivalent and it never will be.”