Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps
by hansvm on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:22PM
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> unless you're very rich it'll be beyond your budget anyways
I mean, there's a decent supply of islands (many with houses) that go for barely more than a Bay Area single-family home.
Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps
by Marsymars on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:28PM
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Not even "barely more". With 30 seconds on Google I found a 6 acre private island in Northern Ontario with a fully furnished 2200 sq ft house connected to marine electric and phone service for 360k USD.
Something more remote is even cheaper, because there's a ton of supply of islands that are only accessible by float plane, and not much demand.
That's why you need to buy yourself a private, remote island, or at least a farm on a remote island. Also, if you don't live on it alone (regardless of ownership), it may not import more food than it exports, otherwise the other inhabitants will want to get your food.
Of course this is hard to find such an island as there aren't many such places and unless you're very rich it'll be beyond your budget anyways.
Also want to stress again that it won't be enough to just have an island, it has to be remote as well otherwise people just swim over. The number of boats is limited usually so likely few people will get to you.