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If Starship works out (and that's admittedly a big if), the price of launching Starlink satellites will plummet and they'll be able to boost the number of satel

If Starship works out (and that's admittedly a big if), the price of launching Starlink satellites will plummet and they'll be able to boost the number of satellites in orbit from ~4k to 30k, which will improve bandwidth and cut costs. https://spacenews.com/spacex-goes-all-in-on-starship-configuration-for-second-gen-starlink/ https://spacenews.com/spacex-goes-all-in-on-starship-configu... Also, if you think a $500 one-time fee is bad, try asking Comcast how much they'll charge for pulling 20 miles of fiber to your farm.

jlkuester7 4y ago
> Also, if you think a $500 one-time fee is bad, try asking Comcast how much they'll charge for pulling 20 miles of fiber to your farm. Made me laugh out loud! :) Closest wired internet to my place is 6mi South. Also have a big hill between me and the only fixed LOS internet tower in the area. Currently, Starlink is my only real option, and it has worked fine for me so far! In my experience, an ISP with no real competition is always going to be pricy. The only way to get reasonable rates is to have some competition....
codazoda 4y ago
Funny story… Century Link got 500 feet of fiber pulled to my house, and I didn’t pay a dime. When they subdivided my neighborhood it was supposed to have fiber. All my neighbors had it, but not me. There’s supposed to be a major connection every other house, and mine should have it, but it doesn’t. The person at Century Link that came out to my place and found the problem pulled the original plans for the subdivision, figured out who screwed up, contacted that company, and got fiber to my place. They had to go 500 feet, under a street and two driveways. Now I have fiber. Thanks dude at Century Link. p.s. Comcast (Xfinity) came out and looked too. They noped the hell out right away.
youngtaff 4y ago
> they'll be able to boost the number of satellites in orbit from ~4k to 30k, And potentially screwup the upper atmosphere by polluting it with vaporised aluminium as the satellites re-enter And definitely pollute the night sky too
gamblor956 4y ago
If Starship works out (and that's admittedly a big if), the price of launching Starlink satellites will plummet and they'll be able to boost the number of satellites in orbit from ~4k to 30k, which will improve bandwidth and cut costs. If I had a dollar for every time Elon Musk said something that didn't pan out or wasn't true, I would be richer than Elon Musk.

jlkuester7 4y ago

> Also, if you think a $500 one-time fee is bad, try asking Comcast how much they'll charge for pulling 20 miles of fiber to your farm. Made me laugh out loud! :) Closest wired internet to my place is 6mi South. Also have a big hill between me and the only fixed LOS internet tower in the area. Currently, Starlink is my only real option, and it has worked fine for me so far! In my experience, an ISP with no real competition is always going to be pricy. The only way to get reasonable rates is to have some competition....

codazoda 4y ago

Funny story… Century Link got 500 feet of fiber pulled to my house, and I didn’t pay a dime. When they subdivided my neighborhood it was supposed to have fiber. All my neighbors had it, but not me. There’s supposed to be a major connection every other house, and mine should have it, but it doesn’t. The person at Century Link that came out to my place and found the problem pulled the original plans for the subdivision, figured out who screwed up, contacted that company, and got fiber to my place. They had to go 500 feet, under a street and two driveways. Now I have fiber. Thanks dude at Century Link. p.s. Comcast (Xfinity) came out and looked too. They noped the hell out right away.

youngtaff 4y ago

> they'll be able to boost the number of satellites in orbit from ~4k to 30k, And potentially screwup the upper atmosphere by polluting it with vaporised aluminium as the satellites re-enter And definitely pollute the night sky too

gamblor956 4y ago

If Starship works out (and that's admittedly a big if), the price of launching Starlink satellites will plummet and they'll be able to boost the number of satellites in orbit from ~4k to 30k, which will improve bandwidth and cut costs. If I had a dollar for every time Elon Musk said something that didn't pan out or wasn't true, I would be richer than Elon Musk.