[mikekij]

As impressive as the number of Starlink satellites is, the service has become unusable for me in Southern California, particularly for video calls. I’ve been told that the bottleneck is land stations, not satellites. Either way, I’ve had to cancel my Starlink service both at home and work.

[fooker]

It's not really a service meant for SoCal, but I'm sure they see it as a valuable stress test.

[noncoml]

Every time Starlink comes up it’s the same argument. “It’s not meant for high population density areas”

Without the “high population density areas” it is simply not economically viable

[George83728]

SpaceX have sought approval for 12,000 satellites, with a possible extension to 42,000. Right now they have less than 4,000. I think they have substantially fewer satellites than they believe they require, and the service is probably doomed in the long run if they can't get Starship flying.