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I just ordered one for subsaharian africa (expected availability 2022). The day they cover subsaharian africa, i will buy a hundred devices in a heartbeat. Th
by bobberkarl 5y ago
I just ordered one for subsaharian africa (expected availability 2022).
The day they cover subsaharian africa, i will buy a hundred devices in a heartbeat.
This is an incredibly huge untapped market. At a 100$/month cost they will kill the local telcos/canal + monopolies.
- notwhereyouare 5y agoor all of a sudden, the local telcos will realize they can actually provide better services by flipping a switch
- anchpop 5y agosounds like a win/win situation for the consumer
- bobberkarl 5y agoIt is indeed.
- _benj 5y agoSeeing how big companies still pay for WinXP support… I’m rooting for the little guy who has more mobility
- bobberkarl 5y agoNot possible. The first reason for the high prices are the excruciating taxes. The telcos have boots on the ground, they can't lower their tax sheet; starlink does not.
- bcrl 5y agoYes they can. Fibre optic networks have maintenance costs that are orders of magnitude lower than obsolete copper telephone networks. Eliminating outdoor active equipment combined with fibre's better tolerance of moisture improves things massively.
- bobberkarl 5y agoYou're talking about cost. And you're right if it was about cost. I'm telling you, from first hand experience, it's not about cost. It's about taxes. The reason for the high telco prices are taxes. And no government can lower the taxes, because those same tax rates are set in debt repayment contracts with the IMF, World Bank, etc...