[Starlink] Starlink Roaming

[Daniel AJ Sokolov]

On 2022-02-21 at 13:52, David Lang wrote:
> 
> They told me that I could try it, and it may work, may be degraded a 
> bit, or may not work at all. They do plan to add roaming capabilities in 
> the future (my guess is that the laser satellites will enable a lot more 
> flexibility)

Isn't that a very optimistic assessment? :-)

Laser links are great for remote locations with very few users, but how 
could they relieve overbooking of Starlink in areas with too many users?

The laser links can reduce the required density of ground stations, but 
they don't add capacity to the network. Any ground station not built 
thanks to laser links adds load to other ground stations - and, maybe 
more importantly, adds load to the satellite that does eventually 
connect to a ground station.

Can laser links really help on a large scale, or are they just a small 
help here and there?

Cheers
Daniel