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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by XorNot on Sunday April 02, 2023 @07:57PM (#35416753)
I mean...yes and no. Starlink is valuable provided it's cheap: above a certain price point, the number of applications drops off and there's no guarantee the remainder will represent enough to actually fund it.
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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by lazide on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:38AM (#35419856)
Compared to competitors, starlink is dirt cheap. Hughes has roughly 500ms ping times, and severe data caps, and was roughly that price.
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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by ghaff on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:39AM (#35423362)
Starlink actually seems underpriced to me. If the choice is Starlink, Hughes, maybe an equally barely-viable cellular hotspot, not everyone could afford $200-$300/month but a lot would.
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