Re:Starlink offers fast internet connections to rural Canadi...
by pedalpete on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @09:14PM
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The article describes the costs as "Buying the dish and other gear needed for the Starlink service costs $649, plus tax. Rekounas said he paid $820 in total. Users are expected to install the kit themselves. Then, it's $129 per month for the service."
I have a few questions about this.
1) does every house need it's own dish? For some reason I was thinking community dishes and then other service to the home
2) the cost of $129 per month is the direct cost to SpaceX, but it doesn't say what they currently pay. I believe the current cost is subsidized by the gov't for providing rural service. I wonder what SpaceLink's cost would work out to if similar subsidies were provided. Or are they?
I have a few questions about this. 1) does every house need it's own dish? For some reason I was thinking community dishes and then other service to the home 2) the cost of $129 per month is the direct cost to SpaceX, but it doesn't say what they currently pay. I believe the current cost is subsidized by the gov't for providing rural service. I wonder what SpaceLink's cost would work out to if similar subsidies were provided. Or are they?
https://developns.ca/projects/high-speed-internet/