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The base stations were never free - they were subsidized by various sources. But that $4,500 a month is insanely cheap and an absolutely incredible value for U
by zaroth 4y ago
The base stations were never free - they were subsidized by various sources.
But that $4,500 a month is insanely cheap and an absolutely incredible value for Ukraine.
The media loves to whip up a frenzy over Musk, but Ukrainian commanders on the front have said Starlink is the single biggest advantage they have, their efficacy would drop by more than half without it, and even, they’d rather have more Starlink than more guns.
Simply put no one has done more for Ukraine than Elon / SpaceX.
- blitzar 4y ago> that $4,500 a month is insanely cheap and an absolutely incredible value for Ukraine "I have bought over 50 StarLinks, with official prices right from the website in EU countries - Poland, CZ, Germany - like 400-500 bucks each, then enable portability for extra IIRC 50$, then payed monthly fee of 60$ (was 120$ before). It’s the same for everyone else in EU" Dimko Zhluktenko, the head of Dzuga’s Paw charity fund, tweeted in his response to the development. So regular joe donates them for $500 with monthly fee of $60 but $4,500 a month is insanely cheap? I have a $10,000 toilet seat to sell you.
- deelowe 4y agoRegular joe seems to be donating the typical residential units on residential plans. My understanding is that the military set up is different, especially in terms of support/priority.
- blitzar 4y agoThe 'donated' units are business plans - there is no 'military' tier. Starlink - Latency 20-40 ms Download - 50-200 mbps Upload - 10-20 mbps Starlink Business - Latency 20-40 ms Download - 100-350 mbps Upload - 10-40 mbps
- deelowe 4y agoI didn't say military tier. My understanding is that they are 1) business plans 2) available in areas where business isn't currently offered 3) get prioritization over other orders and 4) have a different support model.
- HyperSane 4y ago"The media loves to whip up a frenzy over Musk" No, Musk does that himself by saying and doing a lot of very stupid things and also lying a lot.
- coob 4y agoIt's fair to say it's both.
- JustSomeNobody 4y agoI think the media would likely ignore him most of the time if he were boring.
- HyperSane 4y agoA big reason he says so many stupid things is he loves the attention.