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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by nickysielicki on Friday June 18, 2021 @08:17PM (#27556569)
The military is not a business with business constraints. If cost and power draw is no concern, then sure, it's possible. Hell, put a little AC unit beside the enclosure.

These are CPEs and they're sold at a tremendous loss already (a quick google says a whopping $2500 loss on a $500 price tag!). They won't stay in business long if they burn an extra $500 per device to make it suitable for a couple thousand extra customers.

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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by sokoloff on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:01PM (#27557108)
Every one of their dev teams likely costs more in a year than that $1M increment in BOM costs.

I’m not saying it’s a good idea, but it’s probably not going to be a kill the company expense.

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