Will the new LEO satellites outcompete Windstream's broadband?

The first look at speeds using SpaceX's new Starlink satellites is out:

https://www.telecompetitor.com/first-spacex-starlink-satellite-broadband-speeds-revealed/

(SpaceX is one of Elon Musk's companies)

I'm not impressed, especially since the writer points out that speeds will be higher during current beta-testing than later when there many more users.

"Speeds ranged from 36 Mbps to 60 Mbps on the download and 5 Mbps to 17.7 Mbps on the upload."

Folks have talked here about the threat to Windstream from satellites. This may be a copperL-k–ler but it's no match for fiber.

Upgrading satellite speeds in the future will be very expensive. At least a proverbial "forklift upgrade" doesn't require a rocket ship.

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https://www.lightreading.com/4g3gwifi/starlinks-network-faces-significant-limitations-analysts-find/d/d-id/764159?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT

You guys should be on the phone right now explaining to Elon how his plan will never work, and how he should have invested his money in win, because they have fiber.

Hard to take advice from the bankrupt

Hahahaha

You can run fiber all the way up to the devices and I wouldn’t go with win. It goes down constantly! You don’t get 10% of the speed you pay for when it does work. Dealing with satellite latency is NOTHING compared to waiting days for a repairman, who bandaids the problem that is guaranteed to return within a couple of days!

If you think satellite service isn’t a threat, you are drinking the coolaide

Same data as the first article but with a more positive spin. Some of the reader comments are interesting:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/spacex-starlink-beta-tests-show-speeds-up-to-60mbps-latency-as-low-as-31ms/

Still sounds like a copper-k–ler but not a threat to fiber.

Elon can sure spin a good yarn. However the more skeptical among us would like to see it work.

Anything would be better than what I have now, 5down/1.5up. And win has me paying for 25down, and I work for win.

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Will the new LEO satellites outcompete Windstream's broadband?

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