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Lots of people are mentioning starlink. But there is a hard cap to how many subscribers can be in a given zone. Which means that although it is cheap right now,
by bhhaskin 2y ago
Lots of people are mentioning starlink. But there is a hard cap to how many subscribers can be in a given zone. Which means that although it is cheap right now, there is a hard cap for supply. That's the main reason the marine and RV packages/plans cost more.
- woleium 2y agothat cap is based on the number of satellites, which is not fixed.
- giantg2 2y agoIt's fixed for a point in time. Launches of new satellites have considerable lead time.
- root_axis 2y agoAnd they only last for five years.
- protocolture 2y agoEh theres downlink capacity and then IP transit capacity from land sites too.
- toast0 2y agoCapacity at the teleports is probably pretty easy to upgrade. If possible they're near internet exchanges, and if not, they've most likely got good fiber connectivity and can update the optics on both sides to get more capacity easily. Maybe they've got some sites in the middle of nowhere, but I'd bet they worked with fiber vendors to pick places that were easy to hook up to existing fiber, because why not. I think I recall seeing someone had done some sleuthing and found that the teleports were sometimes being placed along rail right-of-ways, where there's often also fiber and maybe even power.
- protocolture 2y agoCapacity is still a cost factor. But they do choose places on major fibre paths. They have a sweetheart deal with vocus in oz, and as far as I can tell, they do their best to colocate.
- Gigachad 2y agoIsn't the point of starlink to service extremely remote areas? If there are too many subscribers for the system to work, it sounds like it should be dense enough to have fiber run to houses.