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Yes, such a scam. 200K happy customers and refundable deposit. But it's Musks' so it must be a scam.

• dogleash 5y ago
  >200K happy customers You're defining "happy" as "not quite pissed off enough to leave". That's exactly the kind of game which (when compounded) makes fed-up people call things scams.
  • svet_0 5y ago
    > You're defining "happy" as "not quite pissed off enough to leave" No I'm not, I literally mean happy. Starlink is by far the best ROI internet option for many.
    • dogleash 5y ago
      I assume they run the gamut from maximally happy, to whatever their threshold for leaving is. Which is why I used a tautological descriptor. You're taking a plausibly-most-likely scenario and using it to cast an assumption about the emotional state of hundreds of thousands of people. Don't you think you might be talking out of your ass?
      • svet_0 5y ago
        No, I personally verified with each and every one of them that their emotional state is happy and that they're not running any gamut.
    • sam0x17 5y ago
      "happy" would be "yes, I'd use this in favor of fiber". No satellite customer is truly happy, no matter how good the product is, unless they are on a boat or truck.
• sam0x17 5y ago
  Only 200k happy customers when it was promised to be "fully live, nationwide, for all customers" next month more than a year ago with repeated similar promises this fall. And my relatives are not wealthy people -- this was half of their income for a particular month so at this point they'll be damned if they lose their place in line. They have no other choice -- not even DSL options in their area and the other satellite services have been so expensive and unreliable. They are completely at his mercy, and I feel like it's my fault for suggesting it.