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Good for them, and good for all of us. If there was only one provider of satellite internet, it’d be priced out of range for all of us. But both Amazon and Spa
by nindalf 6y ago
Good for them, and good for all of us. If there was only one provider of satellite internet, it’d be priced out of range for all of us.
But both Amazon and SpaceX look like they’ll be able to ship viable products. This really is a game changer though, because it makes rural areas much more attractive places to live in. With access to stable, fast internet anywhere, remote workers could live wherever they wanted to.
But more than that, once this becomes affordable I’m excited to see how getting nearly everyone internet access changes the internet.
- Beached 6y agoI wouldn't hold your hopes for blue origin being able to produce anything any time soon. remember they started before spacex, and have accomplished very little during that time.
- jasonpeacock 6y agoNobody mentioned Blue Origin, what do they have to do with Kuiper?
- wmf 6y agoMany people are thinking tribally and assuming that Bezos's Kuiper must launch on Bezos's Blue Origin.
- waiseristy 6y agoRealistically, isn't that the only path to a competitively priced product? What other launch provider are they going to use? Surely they can't utilize the falcon / starship as that directly funds their competitor
- wmf 6y agoA. Go out of business (e.g. because Blue Origin is not ready and the FCC is about to revoke the spectrum license) B. Fund your competitor If it came down to it, would you really choose A?
- waiseristy 6y agoI would think B would quickly lead to A as Kuiper would not be able to compete with Starlinks pricing advantages