an old starlink capacity rule of thumb is "100 dishes in a 300 km^2 cell". not sure about the latest as there are more satellites now, and starlink can shuffle beam among nearby cells too -- J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), p...@uvic.ca, Web.UVic.CA/~pan
On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 11:02 PM Jim Forster via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: > > Oh, sorry, I was not clear. The question is could they support 100 terminals > along a mile. Each a separate consumer residential account. > > On Nov 15, 2023, at 8:55 AM, Inemesit Affia <inemesitaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What you're planning might we'll be against the Starlink TOS. > > Just contact https://old.reddit.com/user/millijuna. He's done something > similar > > Beyond that networks are networks. You estimate your peak traffic, find out > the worst case speed on starlink and get software/hardware to shape & > prioritize traffic/users so phone calls work when the WAN can't do video. > Check out libreqos > > Also the owner of starlink.sx is on this mailing list and has experience with > this sort of thing > > > Yeah, I’ve asked Mike :-) > > — Jim > > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 7:13 AM Jim Forster via Starlink > <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: >> >> >> Does Starlink’s beam forming support delivering services to about 100 home >> stretched over one mile? The place in question would like to do fiber, but >> it’s in a senstive area, so getting permits is tricky (cannot use any >> previously undisturbed land), and so the fiber project has dragged on. Now >> SL is available and some are getting it. That’s fine, but could it support >> 100 over one linear mile? >> >> Thanks, >> >> — Jim >> _______________________________________________ >> Starlink mailing list >> Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > > > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink
