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This is true, but practically no one lives in the northern half so no one cares. There's also a second stage that will cover the poles (they're required by the
by gpm 6y ago
This is true, but practically no one lives in the northern half so no one cares.
There's also a second stage that will cover the poles (they're required by the us government to get Alaska iirc), so eventually it will cover all of it.
- Reason077 6y ago> "practically no one lives in the northern half so no one cares." I have friends who live in Iqaluit, Nunavut. It's a nice place to live with a cool community, but everything there is very expensive, including internet service. How about $399/month for 5 Mbps service, capped at 55 GB? And that's with the resident's discount! If Starlink were available here it would be an absolute game changer. https://www.qiniq.com/internet/ https://www.qiniq.com/internet/
- gpm 6y agoYa, but it's like them and one other family :p Seriously though, the population of Nunavut is roughly 40k. I guess that 90% of them are potential customers so maybe I shouldn't dismiss them too early, but you can see why I think SpaceX is right to consider them (and the other northern areas) lower priority.