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It does seem like there is an upper bound on Starlink's success given that terrestrial gigabit fiber exists in major markets. Maybe they have a plan for this?
by wilg 3y ago
It does seem like there is an upper bound on Starlink's success given that terrestrial gigabit fiber exists in major markets. Maybe they have a plan for this?
- grecy 3y agoYes, their plan is to serve the hundreds and hundreds of millions of people around the globe who don't have access to terrestrial gigabit fiber.
- wilg 3y agoI think they will be successful, but it seems like terrestrial internet will always have a significant bandwidth (though not latency) advantage over Starlink.
- grecy 3y ago> but it seems like terrestrial internet will always have a significant bandwidth (though not latency) advantage over Starlink. Starlink was never designed to compete with terrestrial internet in any way. If you have access to good high speed internet already then Starlink is not for you.
- wilg 3y agook
- pharmakom 3y agoI thought starlink has poor and inconsistent latency?
- inemesitaffia 3y ago[dead]
- wilg 3y agotheoretically the latency can beat terrestrial fiber through space laser links
- ancientworldnow 3y agoMost of that population can't afford Starlink prices.
- realusername 3y agoThat's also why I'm suspicious of the long term profitability of the whole thing. Most developed countries where the customers are richer also have some pretty good infrastructure and the rest likely couldn't afford the expensive service. You are then left with all the exceptions to those general rules and I'm not sure that's enough to cover the very expensive cost of the platform.
- wmf 3y agoLong term I wonder if they'll encourage sharing terminals. Like a Starlink terminal that's a cellular base station.
- Ekaros 3y agoIf they have money to pay, and there is demand from them most of those will get it. Or just get something like 4G/5G.