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Really hope Elon charges by the GB, I don’t want to subsidize all the Netflix watchers.
by MintelIE 6y ago
Really hope Elon charges by the GB, I don’t want to subsidize all the Netflix watchers.
- LeoPanthera 6y agoThe "cells" (which move) are relatively small, so you won't be sharing with many people at any point in time.
- topspin 6y ago> you won't be sharing with many people at any point in time. That depends of the density of subscribers. Starlink is only feasible (at least with stable, high performance...) for low density areas. The stated market for Starlink is "the 3% to 4% of the hardest to reach customers for telcos." Almost no one reading this is part of that market.
- blizzarac 6y agoHow about China or North Korean will they be able to operate there and sidestep the firewalls?
- topspin 6y agoSpaceX has good reasons to be compliant with the policies of sovereign nations; Starlink relies on shared spectrum and orbits a shared planet. I expect SpaceX will diligently observe the disparate policies of all nations. Note that the purpose of Starlink is to fund major SpaceX initiatives, particularly the Mars mission. It isn't an egalitarian exercise and squabbles with China or its client states are not a source of revenue. There is no opportunity for clandestine use either; the ground station is a transceiver. Transceivers are relatively easy to detect when they transmit.
- Skunkleton 6y agoProbably not. I doubt these countries will allocate spectrum to starlink, and I doubt that they will allow the import of the ground stations.
- AtlasBarfed 6y agoStarlink will probably make its bucks on number of subscribers, but the targeting of rural areas as the primary first consumer base will probably mean there will be enough bandwidth without throttling/perGeeBee charges. Last I read they are targeting Canada and northern rural US