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As much as I would love to see it, Starlink will not come close to competing with the majority of incumbent ISP networks as it is currently designed. High-dens
by snoshy 6y ago
As much as I would love to see it, Starlink will not come close to competing with the majority of incumbent ISP networks as it is currently designed. High-density urban areas (where most of the US population lives) cannot be well-served by Starlink due to bandwidth/RF limitations on their current satellites. They will however totally rout the incumbent satellite ISPs in rural/semi-rural areas.
But yes, you might as well light the $100B on fire and get a good bonfire out of it... that money is headed nowhere useful.
- m0zg 6y agoHigh density urban areas are well served by existing infrastructure. Suburbs and rural areas on the other hand will basically close the gap entirely, and hundred billion dollar money black hole will be gone forever. Unfortunately that will happen after this $100B is already wasted. For perspective, that's about $312 per each man, woman and child in the United States. We should be really pissed about this.