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Anyone knows what the few dark spots in the availability map in Germany are?

https://www.starlink.com/map?source=rv

My first guess would be military and/or science, but I don't think this holds true.

The dark spot near the border with Belgium is possibly due to heavy use of Starlink after the flooding last year, and therefore Starlink is probably over provisioned there. The dark spot in Bavaria I can't be certain, but I suspect it's also a result of over provisioning, since that area is particularly rural and may not have thorough DSL coverage.

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