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Given the cost of a Starlink ground terminal, I suspect many won’t be able to afford the service.
by new_realist 6y ago
Given the cost of a Starlink ground terminal, I suspect many won’t be able to afford the service.
- ceejayoz 6y agoThat's the whole point of the subsidy program SpaceX is applying for. > If SpaceX and similar companies are rejected from the low-latency category, they will be at a disadvantage in a reverse auction that will distribute $16 billion—$1.6 billion yearly, over ten years—from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). The auction, scheduled to begin on October 29, will give ISPs funding to deploy broadband in census blocks where no provider offers home-Internet speeds of at least 25Mbps downstream and 3Mbps upstream.
- seastonATccs 6y agoWe've looked at getting the cable provider to run cable to area of the district. I could be as high as 10k per house to get them to do the work. How much are downlinks. You may not understand what a school district will go to to make sure its students are served.