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		donmcronald on Nov 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starlink to start “deprioritizing” traffic after 1... 1Mbps is brutally slow. I wonder why they picked that. There's got to be something between 1Mbps and 100Mbps that wouldn't have to cost $1k a TB.

borissk on Nov 5, 2022 [–]

Is it cheaper to buy a second dish and pay for a second Starlink subscription?

ec109685 on Nov 5, 2022 | [–]

$500 cheaper. $1000 / month for two starlinks) for 2TB of data versus $1.5k for 2TB of data.

Assumes you use all 2TB each month though.

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