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Paradoxically, 'Starlink' may have more measurable economic value for unintended customers rather than 'rural folks' etc.. For example, urban homes and compani
by jariel 6y ago
Paradoxically, 'Starlink' may have more measurable economic value for unintended customers rather than 'rural folks' etc..
For example, urban homes and companies may want to chose them for any number of reasons and if they do, their willingness to pay may be higher than for rural folks and definitely higher than rural folks in Africa.
There probably is no market-based way to to do such a thing if there are global bidders for a resource unless there's some kind of non-market intervention such as Starlink setting aside a certain bandwidth per nation, or per economic tranche etc.
Novel solutions to the rural/distance problem are welcome. Even it's just literally 'a higher tower' as long as it works and is sustainable/cheap.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoStarLink is taking FCC rural bandwidth funds, so there is a geographic tranche they’re prioritizing/reserving capacity for.
- est31 6y agoStarlink won't be able to provide service to all urban customers at the same scale as landline ISPs can. Here and there there they can take a customer but there wont be enough spectrum to serve everyone. Also if you have to put up a pizza sized box outside your home, your landlord might complain. Even if you are the owner, building codes may prevent you.
- wmf 6y agoBecause traffic will downlink traffic locally (for multiple reasons) there should be virtually no interference between countries.
- woeirua 6y agoI’m ready to jump off of Comcast as soon as possible, but Starlink may not be the best option there. Now if I was working from an RV all the time it would make tons of sense.
- kortilla 6y agoRural Africans won’t compete with Americans. The satellites over Africa aren’t serving Americans at the same time so they are different markets.