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Re:RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platf... by itsoktocry on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:43AM (#24929876)
Starlink might solve the issue of providing internet to far-flung places, which is great. But I'm skeptical they'll be able to massively undercut all of the telecom providers. Building, launching and maintaining a satellite constellation isn't cheap; it's still a question as to whether the economics will work at all.
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Re:RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platf... by StavrosK on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:57AM (#24929992)
Presumably the costs amortize pretty well, though.
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Re:RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platf... by autumn_unlaces on Thursday October 29, 2020 @10:27AM (#24930772)
The announced pricing for the current "beta" is $99/month plus $500 upfront for the hardware.
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Re:RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platf... by Scoundreller on Thursday October 29, 2020 @12:40PM (#24932385)
If it can offer anything near the speeds advertised without the BS of incumbents, I could see a massive amount of demand.

I figure 5% of consumers « served » by both cable and xDSL can’t get good service, and then they have virtually every rural customer that’s anything more than a low-data user. And I’d expect them to capture that one day with a « light » plan. It’s a massive market.

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Re:RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platf... by itsoktocry on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:05PM (#24933293)
>The announced pricing for the current "beta" is $99/month plus $500 upfront for the hardware.

Yes, that's the price they charge. What are the costs of providing the service?

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Re:RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platf... by autumn_unlaces on Friday October 30, 2020 @02:48PM (#24945566)
When you said undercut their competitors I assumed you meant undercutting the price consumers pay so I told you the price they are currently offering. I do not know that their costs are and since SpaceX is a private company I don't think we know how much it is costing them to provide it.
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Re:RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platf... by fomine3 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @09:53PM (#24938281)
They should work for rural areas breadband but theoretically they can't replace cities fiber/LTE due to its massive capacity.
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