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Are you saying this includes the price of not being allowed to criticize the CEO?

ty6853 1y ago
This got me wondering who the CEO of Starlink is. I could not find it anywhere. I know who the CEO of the 100% owner of Starlink is, but not Starlink itself. Do they even have one? IIRC most states when filing an LLC for private equity require a president but not a CEO.
- kortilla 1y ago
  Starlink isn’t a company. It’s a product of SpaceX. You want to look up the CEO of SpaceX.
  - ty6853 1y ago
    Both Wikipedia and various telecom bids / contracts I found listed it as ' Starlink Services, LLC'. Which is owned by SpaceX, but it appears to be a separate company. The entity I found in an Oregon bid was registration #4503816 in Deleware.
    - kortilla 1y ago
      It is not a separate company in any meaningful sense. The job listings for Starlink all clearly say you are working for spacex and you are granted RSUs in spacex. “Starlink services” was probably legal prep in case they ever wanted to sell it off if it flopped.
      - ty6853 1y ago
        Even filings like this one appear to purjure them then, as they claim the owner of the business at starlink.com is Starlink Services LLC [0]. The FCC petition as a telecom carrier appears to be for Starlink Services LLC [1]. This is in addition to various state bids for service I found to be for the company 'Starlink Services LLC.' The body of the evidence as far as I can tell suggests Starlink is a separate company even if employees that produce much of its products work for a different company. [0] https://apiproxy.utc.wa.gov/cases/GetDocument?docID=10&year=2021&docketNumber=210058 https://apiproxy.utc.wa.gov/cases/GetDocument?docID=10&year=... [1] https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1020316268311/1 https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1020316268311/1
        kortilla 1y ago
        Thats not perjury. Having subsidiaries that hold assets is quite common. But those subsidiaries don’t have any employees or normal corporate structure. That’s why I’m saying Starlink Services isn’t a “company”.
po26511 1y ago
After trying Starlink on a plane over the Pacific, I would say yes it is worth that price if it were indeed the condition. In practice, it seems to still be quite easy to criticize even while using it.

This got me wondering who the CEO of Starlink is. I could not find it anywhere. I know who the CEO of the 100% owner of Starlink is, but not Starlink itself. Do they even have one? IIRC most states when filing an LLC for private equity require a president but not a CEO.

kortilla 1y ago
Starlink isn’t a company. It’s a product of SpaceX. You want to look up the CEO of SpaceX.
- ty6853 1y ago
  Both Wikipedia and various telecom bids / contracts I found listed it as ' Starlink Services, LLC'. Which is owned by SpaceX, but it appears to be a separate company. The entity I found in an Oregon bid was registration #4503816 in Deleware.
  - kortilla 1y ago
    It is not a separate company in any meaningful sense. The job listings for Starlink all clearly say you are working for spacex and you are granted RSUs in spacex. “Starlink services” was probably legal prep in case they ever wanted to sell it off if it flopped.
    - ty6853 1y ago
      Even filings like this one appear to purjure them then, as they claim the owner of the business at starlink.com is Starlink Services LLC [0]. The FCC petition as a telecom carrier appears to be for Starlink Services LLC [1]. This is in addition to various state bids for service I found to be for the company 'Starlink Services LLC.' The body of the evidence as far as I can tell suggests Starlink is a separate company even if employees that produce much of its products work for a different company. [0] https://apiproxy.utc.wa.gov/cases/GetDocument?docID=10&year=2021&docketNumber=210058 https://apiproxy.utc.wa.gov/cases/GetDocument?docID=10&year=... [1] https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1020316268311/1 https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1020316268311/1
      - kortilla 1y ago
        Thats not perjury. Having subsidiaries that hold assets is quite common. But those subsidiaries don’t have any employees or normal corporate structure. That’s why I’m saying Starlink Services isn’t a “company”.

po26511 1y ago

After trying Starlink on a plane over the Pacific, I would say yes it is worth that price if it were indeed the condition. In practice, it seems to still be quite easy to criticize even while using it.