Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satell...
by lkbm on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @04:08PM
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Yeah, I suspect they could have gotten my brother to pay the old full cost plus extra. Still, many people in rural areas aren't willing/able to drop $1k on Internet setup, so keeping costs down is worth more than gouging a few remote software engineers.
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Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satell...
by ghaff on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @04:15PM
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Certainly. I'm sure there's a correlation between poor wired broadband and lower income even if it's not perfect. But Starlink is a game changer for a lot of people who otherwise can't get decent wired Internet--and, especially if you can't get wired broadband, the options are mostly pretty bad. Probably changing some with 5G but still not ideal for many people.