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Maybe it makes sense if the whole device needs to be installed in an inaccessible place frequently and most people would be unlikely to take advantage of a wire
by jhgb 5y ago
Maybe it makes sense if the whole device needs to be installed in an inaccessible place frequently and most people would be unlikely to take advantage of a wired connection. Or maybe their statistics of the common usage of the equipment actually support it. Or both, I don't know.
In any case, since you're already being sold $2000 worth of equipment for the absurdly low price of $500, I'm not quite sure that a complaint about some adapter is in order.
- zlsa 5y agoAnd it's worth noting the Ethernet adapter is only $20, and appears to be a power supply as well: https://api.starlink.com/public-files/Accessories_Guide_Rectangular.pdf https://api.starlink.com/public-files/Accessories_Guide_Rect... (page 8)
- MangoCoffee 5y ago>In any case, since you're already being sold $2000 worth of equipment for the absurdly low price of $500, I'm not quite sure that a complaint about some adapter is in order. kinda agree. i remember watch or read a tear down on the original Starlink dish. it wasn't cheap to make but maybe Starlink should charge more for its dish instead?
- Tempest1981 5y agoA few pictures here: (old version) https://hackaday.com/2020/11/25/literally-tearing-apart-a-spacex-starlink-antenna/ https://hackaday.com/2020/11/25/literally-tearing-apart-a-sp... Inside is a giant 21-inch round-ish circuit board, with 600+ mini antennas on one side, and 600+ driver chips on the other. These 632 antennas let them do phased-array beam steering, since the satellites are moving (not geo-stationary) Teardown: https://youtu.be/iOmdQnIlnRo https://youtu.be/iOmdQnIlnRo
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- olyjohn 5y agoA $2000 dish is still about $15-20k cheaper than getting Comcast to run 300 feet of coax.