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Re:I took down my Starlink dish (but haven't cancelled) by dzhiurgis on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:54PM (#30196885)
IMO they are just getting you used to the idea of what is normal. Then they gonna introduce $500/month “mobile” plan that many sailors will swallow like a bargain!
Re:I took down my Starlink dish (but haven't cancelled) by thaeli on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:38PM (#30197634)
..they did this a few days ago. You nailed the price point, too.

Notably, this is only about twice the cost of a high speed "business" internet connection from the cable companies in a high density area. Regular Starlink is priced at about twice a high speed "consumer" internet connection, so the premium seems reasonable for the available-in-austure-areas part.

I do hope they end up coming out with a version for RVers that has the lower throughput but allows arbitrary roaming.. but I do understand putting roaming on a premium plan first, since it plays such havoc with per-cell capacity planning.

Re:I took down my Starlink dish (but haven't cancelled) by dzhiurgis on Thursday February 03, 2022 @03:13PM (#30198120)
Is the cell capacity planning required since there are no laser interlinks or it's going to be forever like that?