Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins
by vidanay on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:37PM
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700 million people paying $100USD per month? I am imagining Elon doing a Scrooge McDuck dive into his bank vault.
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins
by apexalpha on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @10:21AM
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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
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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
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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.