Ow… the implications on no satellite to satellite routing is all traffic is one-hop. That puts limits on big patches of the Pacific Basin. (And not a solution for trans-pacific aircraft.)

Any clues how far apart are the ground stations? That is a lot of ground stations. This makes me reconsider (terrestrial) fixed-wireless as an alternative.

Gene
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> On Sep 30, 2022, at 2:38 AM, Michael Richardson via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
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> Eugene Y Chang via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>> Hmmmm….. is ground station positioning more about geographic topology
>> or managing subscriber density? I suspect it is easier to manage
>> subscriber density (and aggregate traffic) by building higher capacity
>> ground stations than by distributing ground stations.
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> Until they have satellite to satellite routing, the ground stations have to
> be "near" the users that they serve.
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> My understanding from this list is that's why they couldn't easily help Tongo: it
> was all just ocean "nearby" (and why they can help Ukraine)
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