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I think I understand what you are saying, but I'm confused at this comment compared to your others. If you believe, as I do, that the user terminal is going to

I think I understand what you are saying, but I'm confused at this comment compared to your others. If you believe, as I do, that the user terminal is going to be extremely expensive, how will that compete with the current small vsat terminals? I agree that the service could be better in theory, but at the same time, existing satellite internet service also could be better by taking on fewer customers and not being as congested. But that's a cost trade-off. And in this case, I believe SpaceX has a higher cost per customer to recoup, so it seems in their best interest to also be congested to increase revenue.

walrus01 8y ago
I think that there is a good chance the terminal will be expensive, but the cost hidden or eaten by spacex to gain market share. Building a phased array thing with sufficient gain that can track two LEO satellites can't be cheap. But maybe their terminal hardware engineers have come up with something truly revolutionary, and we will all be surprised. I am hoping but skeptical that it could have similar hardware costs to a viasat small ka-band vsat terminal, in the range of $800-900 for rooftop equipment + modem.