Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders
by kortilla on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:51AM
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> Overselling can push those numbers up, but I don't think they can oversell enough to take them to a trillion dollar company.
You’re vastly underestimating how much you oversell as a consumer ISP. Fiber companies with dedicated lines to your house can’t even handle all of their customers pulling 100mbps at a time because the bottlenecks are the IXPs.
The AMS IXP is one of the largest exchanges in the world, and it only hits about 10,000 gbps max per day.
You’re also forgetting that $100/mo is a cost offered to consumers on the ground. Commercial shipping and military won’t bat an eye at paying $1000/mo for a measly 10mbps to a ship in the pacific. Oil rigs, mines, military bases, etc, etc.
You’re vastly underestimating how much you oversell as a consumer ISP. Fiber companies with dedicated lines to your house can’t even handle all of their customers pulling 100mbps at a time because the bottlenecks are the IXPs.
The AMS IXP is one of the largest exchanges in the world, and it only hits about 10,000 gbps max per day.
You’re also forgetting that $100/mo is a cost offered to consumers on the ground. Commercial shipping and military won’t bat an eye at paying $1000/mo for a measly 10mbps to a ship in the pacific. Oil rigs, mines, military bases, etc, etc.