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When I was there the power operated until 10pm at night. From that time homes would either run from personal generators, or batteries - to power refrigerators,
by doublec 5y ago
When I was there the power operated until 10pm at night. From that time homes would either run from personal generators, or batteries - to power refrigerators, lights, routers, etc. These days the homes have or are getting solar panels.
Internet was terrible at the time. I wrote about it here: https://bluishcoder.co.nz/2012/05/29/pitcairn-island-and-slow-internet.html https://bluishcoder.co.nz/2012/05/29/pitcairn-island-and-slo...
It has improved but is still relatively slow and expensive.
- vimy 5y agoStarlink seems perfect for this island.
- phire 5y agoWill be great once they get the laser links working.
- doublec 5y agoAbsolutely! The cost might be prohibitive for the Pitcairners salary though.
- midasuni 5y agoI suspect that price will be adjusted depending on target market. Won’t cost spacex anything to provide Internet to tiny islands like this
- drran 5y agoYep. They will charge much more in such remote areas with almost no competition.
- jhgb 5y agoExcept that in non-remote areas, there will be greater demand per area, and stations per area is the limiting factor. So I'm not sure they'd charge more in really isolated places than in places with higher density and bad service.
- Gradient-Ascent 5y agoCan you just use one dish and then connect everyone to this one dish? Costs 100$ a month divided by all inhabitants. It makes sense to setup one dish and connect a couple of people to it. It does not make sense to setup one dish next to another. Remote areas = Mostly people, that can't actually afford it. Does Starlink support this or is it against their interest?
- micromacrofoot 5y agoIf Starlink ever adjusts prices downward to benefit people who otherwise can't afford it I'll eat my hat.