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anecdotes don't really prove anything. while you can pay $100/mo, most people in rural America can't, and that's who they need for the most underserved users.
by shaklee3 5y ago
anecdotes don't really prove anything. while you can pay $100/mo, most people in rural America can't, and that's who they need for the most underserved users.
- shagie 5y agoMy point is that they're already paying $50/month for 6Mbps DSL if they have any network connection at all. Paying $100/month instead for 100Mbps satellite link is $50/month increase in cost and a 12x increase in performance. The anecdote that I'm addressing isn't the children on a 70,000 acre vacation ranch (that likely can afford $100/month) but rather rural America. Yes, ISPs and telecommunications needs to improve the network resources when you get more than 20 miles away from a city and suburbia. It will likely cost in the range of $100/month to get that when it is available. Starlink meets that need now.
- shaklee3 5y agothat's my point, though. they're nowhere near capacity and you're comparing it to solutions that are at capacity (DSL). just wait until they need to make more money and the system is capacity constrained.