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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by ChatGTP on Sunday April 02, 2023 @07:59PM (#35416771)
What determines capacity isn't transparent.

Also, yes it may get cheaper, but that’s not a given, if it doesn’t, what happens then?

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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by Fatnino on Sunday April 02, 2023 @08:27PM (#35416988)
Price comes down when meaningful competition enters the space (see what I did there?)

OneWeb seems about ready to start offering service. Remains to be seen if the offering can compete with starlink but good chance it will apply downward pressure to prices.

Then in the medium distant future there is Amazon's constellation that will have to compete with starlink v3 or v4 or whatever they're up to by then.

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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by pclmulqdq on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:33AM (#35418924)
There's already plenty of competition going for the profitable market segments - I know of at least 4 LEO satellite ISPs that are currently operating aside from SpaceX. Residential ISP in space is not one of those by most good estimates of costs and prices. Even SpaceX themselves are saying this.
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