Home inference becomes effective when Starlink hits 1-2 gigabit
The Truth About Decentralized AI and the Future of Compute (TEACHMEDEFI)
“For the most part, the challenge in home is going to be bandwidth, to serve reliably. Starlink does about 400 to 500 [Mbps] capacity right now. There could come a day where it could do over a gigabit to 2 gigabit capacity — that’s, I think, when we will start seeing more effective inference at home.” — 00:14:29
Context: Bandwidth, not energy, as the binding constraint for home inference; inference otherwise belongs in telco-style data centers in every city.