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Structure with dozens of antennas in the Amazon draws attention by redistributing satellite internet via fiber optic, raising questions about Starlink rules, operational costs, and technical limitations in one of the country’s most isolated regions.
A video attributed to the “viajandocomoluiz” profile on Instagram drew attention by showing dozens of Starlink antennas installed in Tabatinga, Amazonas, on the border with Peru, to capture satellite internet and redistribute the connection via fiber optic to residents of the region.
The images display an unusual concentration of terminals positioned side by side, forming a structure that has come to be called a “Starlink farm” on social media, precisely due to the quantity of equipment operating in the same physical space.
The observed proposal consists of using multiple antennas as connectivity entry points, converting the signal received from satellites into a terrestrial network distributed by fiber optic cables.
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This model, although technically viable under certain conditions, raises questions about cost, efficiency, and, mainly, compliance with Elon Musk’s company’s commercial rules.
In this scenario, the service does not allow resale of access without specific authorization, which questions the legality of operations structured to serve multiple users from individual subscriptions.
Starlink rules on internet resale
According to Starlink’s terms, the user cannot resell the service as an isolated, integrated, or value-added product without prior permission from the company, which makes any commercial operation based on redistributing the signal to third parties sensitive.
This limitation exists because the service was initially conceived for individual or direct corporate use, and not as a basis for local providers who commercialize access on a large scale.
Even so, the company allows shared uses in specific situations, such as community access points or Wi-Fi offered to third parties, a common practice in hotels, boats, and commercial establishments.
This type of sharing, however, is not automatically confused with the structured sale of internet via fiber to multiple residential customers, which requires a different technical and regulatory framework.
There is also a direct financial impact, because the installation of multiple antennas does not transform all of them into a single unlimited plan, which implies monthly costs proportional to the number of active terminals.
Starlink allows adding new equipment to an account, but this does not mean that multiple terminals operate under a single conventional subscription, maintaining individualized billing per unit.
Distance between antennas and risk of interference
Another point observed in the images is the distance between the equipment, which appears installed very close to each other, in a compact configuration.
Starlink itself advises, for installations with multiple terminals, that there should be a minimum separation of 0.9 meters between the centers of the bases, precisely to reduce the risk of interference between nearby antennas.
This minimum spacing is important to avoid radio frequency conflicts and ensure that each terminal can operate with the lowest possible level of signal degradation.
When this recommendation is not followed, the possibility of cross-interference increases, which can affect stability, latency, and overall network performance.
In practice, even when antennas respect the minimum distance, they still compete for capacity within the same coverage area, as they connect to the satellite network available for that geographical cell.
This means that concentrating many pieces of equipment at the same point does not eliminate structural network limitations; it merely redistributes usage among different terminals.
Does using multiple antennas improve internet?
The use of multiple antennas can expand the total capacity of a network when many users are connected simultaneously, especially in scenarios of high simultaneous demand.
This gain occurs because each terminal operates as an independent data input, allowing traffic to be distributed among different active connections.
On the other hand, this does not mean that a single download, video call, or isolated transfer will automatically become faster, as each individual operation remains limited to the performance of a single link.
Connection aggregation tools, such as Speedify, can combine different links and distribute data packets among them, creating a kind of additional layer of traffic management.
Even in these cases, the final speed remains limited by the terminal, the satellites, and the local network capacity, which prevents direct proportional gains in individual activities.
A simple comparison helps to understand this operational dynamic.
Having two cars does not make a vehicle go twice as fast, but it allows transporting more people or more cargo at the same time.
Similarly, multiple antennas increase the total volume of data that can be trafficked simultaneously, without changing the speed limit of each isolated connection.
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