# Any StarLink users here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-starlink-users-here/967644 "2022-07-08T23:21:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-starlink-users-here/967644/2 "2022-07-08T23:34:34Z")
A few from this thread: > [@Is Starlink a danger to humanity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-starlink-a-danger-to-humanity/937356): > > The other day, I watched a video on Facebook about Elon Musk’s plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to provide a low-latency satellite internet service to the world. Part of the latency inherent in current satellite-based internet is that the satellites must be in geosynchronous orbit, which is about 26,000 miles above the Earth. Simply waiting for the signal to get to the satellite, sent back to Earth, back to the satellite, and back to the user takes too … Paging @This_Just_In_2, @enipla, @Tride. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-starlink-users-here/967644)._