The laser mesh might be working already, see:

- https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/xrvn2x/first_impressions_of_a_laseronly_user/
- 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/xd9qt3/greater_availability_in_alaska/
- https://old.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/wwg0nc/starlink_speed_test_in_nigeria/

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 5:38 AM Michael Richardson via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

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.

Until they have satellite to satellite routing, the ground stations have to
be "near" the users that they serve.

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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