RE: BT & StarLink16 Jan 2026 19:54
COPILOT
Q. what is the number of starlinks connections that can be serviced in a square mile with 100Mb connections
A.
A recent capacity analysis of Starlink concluded that, under U.S. broadband standards of
100
/
20
Mbps
, areas with more than about
6.66
households per square mile within a Starlink beam’s coverage area may already push the system beyond what it can reliably deliver at that speed tier. In other words, as a rough upper bound, you’re looking at ≈6–7 simultaneous 100 Mb connections per square mile before you start to fall below that target, assuming everyone is actively using their full allocation at once.
Starlink’s own specs say typical users see 25–220 Mbps down, with many over 100 Mbps, but that’s on a shared, oversubscribed basis, not a hard per‑user guarantee. So:
If you mean strict, all‑users‑at‑100 Mb simultaneously: think single digits per square mile (≈6–7).
If you allow oversubscription (real‑world usage patterns): many more accounts can be sold per square mile, but they can’t all pull 100 Mb at once without speeds dropping.
If you tell me whether you care about theoretical max, practical oversubscribed, or rural‑planning numbers, we can refine this a bit further.
Link https://thexlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Starlink_Analysis_Working_Paper_v0.2.pdf?utm_source=copilot.com