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> You think subscriber agreements will permit using it as the uplink for a local ISP? I think in the richer countries those will be special agreements, but in
by panick21_ 4y ago
> You think subscriber agreements will permit using it as the uplink for a local ISP?
I think in the richer countries those will be special agreements, but in many places it will just be done and SpaceX will likely not spend much resources to prevent it.
> lofting new satellites, what, 4000/y? 6000/y? as those age out.
Yes, but their cost curves of all the major pieces of the puzzle get cheaper with each generation as volume goes up. Starship will make a huge difference, ground antennas will go closer and closer to being consumer electronics and they are working on sat mass manufacture.