Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satell...
by Out_of_Characte on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @02:05PM
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Sattelite communication is generally more expensive than cable or cell towers. Though about 70% of the earth is unsuitable for these solutions. Alot of commercial boats are still on very low bandwith connections but could potentially benefit from higher bandwidth if only to make video calls or netflix more available for a similar or higher price. Then there are alot of smaller, private, boats that would benefit from sattelite communication if costs werent prohibitive.
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Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satell...
by panick21_ on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:11PM
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If think the competitiveness of sats changes quite a bit once you have really mass produced sats and the Starship.
It will like not beat earth bound stuff in many scenarios, but it will be closer then it was in the past.