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Like many things that are overcrowded, the experience is vastly different when you leave the lower 48. Remember this is a global service. 95.75% of the world's population do not live in the US.

I used Starlink in rural Australia where the alternative was non-fuctional 3G tethering and it was very fast without a single dropout in many days. Friends in off-grid cabins in Western Canada have the same experience.

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> Remember this is a global service

International service. Maybe they are aiming to be a global one, but not there yet. Starlink is not available anywhere in Africa nor Asia, two of the most populous continents in the world, together accounting for more than 50% of the total population.

And also exactly in those places internet is most needed

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124283/internet-penetra...

I assume that the number of people willing to pay $50-100 per month there is not that high, though

If the minimum price you can pay for Starlink is $50 and they think of themselves as a "global service", then do I have news for them...

$50 a month shared by a whole village. Not so bad.

There have been anecdotal reports of some people taking their RV dishes to places like the Philippines and having it work.

Same in a random rural location in Germany. Works perfectly with <3s downtime in a week.

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