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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by BurningFrog on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:35PM (#19679257)
Yeah, but you don't need "most humans" to use it. 10% would probably finance it very nicely.
Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by vidanay on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:37PM (#19679268)
700 million people paying $100USD per month? I am imagining Elon doing a Scrooge McDuck dive into his bank vault.
Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by apexalpha on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @10:21AM (#19682783)
Sure, there's a lot of potential customers but:

a) no one pays $100 for internet. Maybe some in monopoly-internet USA have to, but literally no one else.

b) most countries are poorer than the US and would definitely not have $100.

c) Local providers can simply lower their prices, and SpaceX will have competition from Oneweb and possibly others.

Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by awad on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @01:43AM (#19680037)
700 million people parting with $100 USD per month seems pretty high
Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by XorNot on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @03:22AM (#19680477)
Think any company with remote assets it needs to monitor.

Drones, backup internet etc. There's a very big market for fast internet access which just works anywhere on the planet. It would be worth a premium just to let large organisations consolidate to a single biller.

Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by awad on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @12:56PM (#19684279)
Sure, I can buy the end revenue stated, just not the implication that 700 million end consumers is the way to get there.
Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by vidanay on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @01:06PM (#19684370)
I was just using the 10% number posited by the OP