Re:SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1B
by ergzay on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @06:33PM
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He's already stated that it won't be free and that the consumer base stations (using phased array antennas) will run from $100 to $300.
Re:SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1B
by deeviant on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @07:00PM
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Free is subjective. They won't be free, but Google could subsidize stations and add ads.
IoT companies can create through own hardware and pay bulk rates.
Cellphone companies certainly have the option to get on the boat too, if the hardware necessary to communicate to satellites is small enough to go in a smart phone, as have the option to make an emergency call(or most likely SMS/Email) nearly anywhere in the world is a pretty killer feature.
Free(but very slow) ad supported internet every where on earth.
Connection to the cloud for a million different kind of Internet-Of-Things class devices. I think this is pretty big as these devices consume very little data, but generally have issues getting connectively at all in some the more remote areas these things tend to get deployed. Think ocean current mappers, artic ice melting detectors, or a multitude of geo-sensors that would love to have a connection in extremely remote areas.
Satellite-based emergency beacon in every phone?
Slow but usable internet for remote villages. Pushing news, weather, education materials. Perhaps combined with solar power One Laptop Per Child class devices.