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There is no competition in the US for starlink though. If you are out of Comcast or ATT range, you get nothing or maybe 1.5MB DSL.

Shadonototra 5y ago
Of course there is no competition, it's impossible to run a business with such low price, nobody can have access to government funding, that's what i meant by "they kill the competition", and are now raising prices for everything because otherwise it's not profitable, and sudently, the product isn't interesting anymore because it is as expensive as with other actors, but they now got the infrastructure, paid by the GOV and can play with it as they please (satellite surveillance perhaps?, we seen that with ukraine) It's not just starlink it's everything else, tesla/spacex, without government, it's a multi-part story
- brianwawok 5y ago
  I think it’s still very interesting even at $200. RVs, remote log cabins… get proper internet access from the remote parts of the US.
- dotnet00 5y ago
  How have they killed the competition when none has existed yet? Internet megaconstellations aren't even 5 years old as a technology accessible to consumers, Starlink is the first mover in the space and the infrastructure isn't even complete yet. You also mention SpaceX, but they revived competition in the industry and still maintain the lowest cost and highest capability in the industry despite having a massive tech lead. The pricing increases have been stated as being to keep up with inflation and considering that inflation is currently at ~8.5%, a price increase of ~10% makes sense.
uxp100 5y ago
Satellite internet has existed for decades, and is common out of range of cable. Starlink is better, but it’s not the first.
cardiffspaceman 5y ago
Viasat (https://www.viasat.com/ https://www.viasat.com/) has not gone out of business yet. Also https://www.hughesnet.com/ https://www.hughesnet.com/ still has a website. I'm not sure why they are not mentioned in this context.
- brianwawok 4y ago
  Because they aren't really competitors. It's like if I were talking iPhone 1 compeitotors, and you bring up cordless phones. Like yes, they are similar devices.. but latency / price / bandwidth is RIDICILIOUSLY different. hughesnet is like 15GB of data? They automatically rewrite all your videos to 480p? Latency of 300ms + making it impossible to game and hard to VOIP.

Shadonototra 5y ago

Of course there is no competition, it's impossible to run a business with such low price, nobody can have access to government funding, that's what i meant by "they kill the competition", and are now raising prices for everything because otherwise it's not profitable, and sudently, the product isn't interesting anymore because it is as expensive as with other actors, but they now got the infrastructure, paid by the GOV and can play with it as they please (satellite surveillance perhaps?, we seen that with ukraine) It's not just starlink it's everything else, tesla/spacex, without government, it's a multi-part story

brianwawok 5y ago
I think it’s still very interesting even at $200. RVs, remote log cabins… get proper internet access from the remote parts of the US.
dotnet00 5y ago
How have they killed the competition when none has existed yet? Internet megaconstellations aren't even 5 years old as a technology accessible to consumers, Starlink is the first mover in the space and the infrastructure isn't even complete yet. You also mention SpaceX, but they revived competition in the industry and still maintain the lowest cost and highest capability in the industry despite having a massive tech lead. The pricing increases have been stated as being to keep up with inflation and considering that inflation is currently at ~8.5%, a price increase of ~10% makes sense.

uxp100 5y ago

Satellite internet has existed for decades, and is common out of range of cable. Starlink is better, but it’s not the first.

cardiffspaceman 5y ago

Viasat (https://www.viasat.com/ https://www.viasat.com/) has not gone out of business yet. Also https://www.hughesnet.com/ https://www.hughesnet.com/ still has a website. I'm not sure why they are not mentioned in this context.

brianwawok 4y ago
Because they aren't really competitors. It's like if I were talking iPhone 1 compeitotors, and you bring up cordless phones. Like yes, they are similar devices.. but latency / price / bandwidth is RIDICILIOUSLY different. hughesnet is like 15GB of data? They automatically rewrite all your videos to 480p? Latency of 300ms + making it impossible to game and hard to VOIP.