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As a Joe Piston, the starlink pricing constant-whipsaw has been really annoying. I love the tech. It's truly game-changing. And there is no competitor right no
by schmookeeg 2mo ago
As a Joe Piston, the starlink pricing constant-whipsaw has been really annoying.
I love the tech. It's truly game-changing. And there is no competitor right now.
I bought my mini dish for $400 or so. I've paid $250/mo, $65/mo, $250/mo again, now $200/mo, and on standby for $5/mo and now $10/mo. Don't get me started on the speed-limit and bandwidth-metering games they've played along the way.
I literally have no idea from month to month what the thing will cost. It's still awesome. But there are thousands of butthurt pilots who bought the dish at 65/mo (and many made 100W PD power upgrades, self included, for another few hundred) and got raised to 250/mo immediately.
It's not so much the cost anymore as the principle of a completely unhinged vendor. Bezos' version will have a bunch of ready buyers if he can stick to a price for longer than a Ketamine high.