Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliable luxury

Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by jameshilliard on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:56AM (#35420020)

> Comcast is over $120/mo in California.

Starlink does not really compete with Comcast in areas Comcast already serves(at least when it comes to speed/price/reliability), it just doesn't make sense to use Starlink when Comcast is available other than maybe as a secondary backup connection. Starlink is significantly faster and cheaper however than other providers like Viasat which serve areas without economical terrestrial based internet options.

Comcast installation costs would be roughly $250,000 to my property and is the only hardline broadband provider in my area.

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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by lazide on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:49AM (#35425822)

Good points.

What I was responding to was the assertion that starlink is ‘too expensive’ at $120/mo, when the normal offering from everyone else is about the same price.

As you note, depending on the area, one will provide better actual service or not. But the pricing isn’t the deciding factor IMO, just service quality.

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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by noncoml on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:22PM (#35427730)

> $250,000

That’s insane!

Do they give you an option to draw your own lines? Any chance you can apply for some subsidy?

I really don’t know why in 2023 fiber internet is not treated the same as water or electricity..

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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by lazide on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:26PM (#35428924)

It’s the ‘go away’ price quote. If someone was desperate enough they were willing to pay it, they’d figure out how to do it (probably), but really don’t want to.

I got a similar quote from PG&E to run power to a remote lot once, with the caveat that ‘maybe’ they could do it.

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