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>Is it very clear that this pessimism/cynicism is warranted? Yes, read some of my earlier comments regarding Starlink, DISH, and general telecom schemes. I'm n
by joecool1029 6y ago
>Is it very clear that this pessimism/cynicism is warranted?
Yes, read some of my earlier comments regarding Starlink, DISH, and general telecom schemes. I'm not coming out of nowhere with this criticism.
With that being said I fully understand where their system is better than current MEO/GEO systems for low-latency rural deploys. I'm just not in the cult of Elon, physics/money/practicality have their limits.
I'd honestly be more excited with Starlink if they were primarily using it as a replacement for satellite backhaul on very remote cell sites. That way you don't need residential roof antennas and a ton of power to communicate with the network, just need your main power at the cell site. That's more practical for poor rural countries but isn't as big of a writeoff, doesn't look as sexy.
- Scoundreller 6y agoI could see Starlink-fed WISPs or cellular becoming something very real. Starlink CPE is very expensive and probably heavily subsidized. Plenty of villages where 0 can afford it, but collectively they could. Starlink may as well take the money on the table if the constellation will fly overhead anyway.
- jmacd 6y agoThis is the business model that Telesat trying to make work. While they are behind Starlink in terms of rollout, they are a credible manufacturer/provider for a service like this https://www.canwisp.ca/resources/Conference%202020/Presentations/11-CanWISP%202020%20Telesat%20Leo%20in%20partnership%20connecting%20everyone%20everywhere.pdf https://www.canwisp.ca/resources/Conference%202020/Presentat...
- Scoundreller 6y agoI take all that to mean that Telesat hasn’t cracked the $$$ CPE nut like SpaceX has, or the SpaceX CPE subsidies are even bigger than I can imagine.