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[citation required] Look it's one thing to hate on big corporations for existing actions, but's entirely something else to invent conspiracy theories. In real
by mlindner 6y ago
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Look it's one thing to hate on big corporations for existing actions, but's entirely something else to invent conspiracy theories. In reality Comcast isn't threatened by Starlink because Starlink market is aimed at less populated areas so Comcast has no need to fight it. It would be completely oversaturated by cities and cities are easy to invest in building network infrastructure.
Now, I could imagine other satellite internet companies to fight it, but they're much less powerful.
- Wingman4l7 6y agoComcast has repeatedly lobbied for legislation to prevent the creation of municipal broadband providers; it's not that much of a stretch that they could try to use regulatory capture to attack Starlink as well.
- Robotbeat 6y agoStarlink doesn't have to completely match Comcast one-to-one, they just have to be a credible competitor. That increases the bargaining power of the consumer. Particularly as Starlink grows and as OneWeb and especially Project Kuiper comes online. These low-latency satellite constellations will reduce the local oligopoly/monopoly rents (and thus profitability) of Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink, Cox, Frontier, etc... And the money that would've been profit will go to consumers' pockets, even if they don't themselves subscribe.
- jb775 6y agoA new worldwide internet provider being led by a pioneer of innovation is a major threat to comcast. Especially since Musk is known for caring about providing a valuable product at a fair price to the masses (the Model 3). Elon Musk aside, who wouldn't drop comcast/verizon in a second if there were another viable option at a better price?