markis10
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Starlink works well when the traffic can be offloaded to the terrestrial fibre based internet via a groundstation nearby (known as backhaul), otherwise it will bounce to other birds until it gets a groundstation, clogging the network. All mesh networks have similar problems, it’s a bit like Aussie Post when they send a parcel to the wrong location, taking up space needlessly in sorting centres and transport.I'm hearing a lot of people on cruises currently are having trouble loading on the internet and yet some of the premium packages are on Starlink. Which is normally brilliant. And many posting randomly upside yet all photos taken with the same camera.
We can see the pictures.
We have quite a few earth stations here, in the middle of the ocean, not so much Starlink Ground Station Locations (2024)