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Re:Starlink review, four months in by humanistbot on Thursday July 22, 2021 @10:59AM (#27919674)
100W is a lot. It is a couple of very old incandescent bulbs or ten 60W equivalent LED bulbs.
Re:Starlink review, four months in by tigershark on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:01AM (#27927393)
No, it’s ONE incandescent bulb. And much less than the bulbs that were needed to light a fairly large room. We used to have a lot of 100W lights until not many years ago, honestly I don’t see the problem in spending that amount of energy if you have no other means to access a fast internet connection.
Re:Starlink review, four months in by katbyte on Thursday July 22, 2021 @05:27PM (#27924550)
perspective i guess - i used to use 2 100watt bulbs to light a single room.
Re:Starlink review, four months in by user5994461 on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:56AM (#27929694)
For perspective, these will cost around $0.3 a day in electricity, when in the room you spend most of your time in.

And yes, that's easily over a hundred dollar a year.

Re:Starlink review, four months in by ls612 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @11:57AM (#27920428)
It is a lot but it’s also outside so it won’t heat up your house and in most places it only adds up to about $10 a month or less on your power bill