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It seems people getting most value of it are rich people from developed countries with dysfunctional monopolies. People in developing countries (my exp. in Indi
by blackoil 6y ago
It seems people getting most value of it are rich people from developed countries with dysfunctional monopolies. People in developing countries (my exp. in India/China and SEA) already have access to decent 4G at much better prices. Most people without not covered will not be able to afford it anyway.
- walrus01 6y agoYou clearly have not seen how much of Nepal is currently dependent on very costly geostationary satellite. Fiber and terrestrial point to point high capacity microwave isn't everywhere. Or how much of Indonesia in remote places is dependent on satellite.
- blackoil 6y agoWhat will the percentage, in terms of population? I have been to big cities in both countries and small villages in India and never had a major connectivity issue in last 2-3 years. Remote hills/jungle may not have any coverage but feasible market in those areas is miniscule.
- walrus01 6y agoLook at the combined annual revenue in billions of intelsat, eutelsat, ses, arabsat, yahsat, russia's geostationary gazprom, amos spacecom and other geostationary satellite owners. plus the revenue of the various latin america geostationary sat owners. The market is there, worldwide.