<div dir="ltr">The laser mesh might be working already, see: <br><div><br>- <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xrvn2x/first_impressions_of_a_laseronly_user/">https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xrvn2x/first_impressions_of_a_laseronly_user/</a></div><div>- <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xr3ali/update_snowy_owl_helped_dishy_do_a_speed_test_at/">https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xr3ali/update_snowy_owl_helped_dishy_do_a_speed_test_at/</a> <br></div><div>- <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xd9qt3/greater_availability_in_alaska/">https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xd9qt3/greater_availability_in_alaska/</a> <br></div><div>- <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/wwg0nc/starlink_speed_test_in_nigeria/">https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/wwg0nc/starlink_speed_test_in_nigeria/</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 5:38 AM Michael Richardson via Starlink <<a href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Eugene Y Chang via Starlink <<a href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net" target="_blank">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:<br>
    > Hmmmm….. is ground station positioning more about geographic topology<br>
    > or managing subscriber density? I suspect it is easier to manage<br>
    > subscriber density (and aggregate traffic) by building higher capacity<br>
    > ground stations than by distributing ground stations.<br>
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Until they have satellite to satellite routing, the ground stations have to<br>
be "near" the users that they serve.<br>
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My understanding from this list is that's why they couldn't easily help Tongo: it<br>
was all just ocean "nearby" (and why they can help Ukraine)<br>
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