Comment on SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million

• SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I agree. It’s the only option for internet in many places. I’m very happy with my Starlink service. I’d drop it in a heartbeat if there was a better option but for now it fits my needs.

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  • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Obviously the second fibre is available. Half the price and better stability. Fuck musk. But currently it’s leaps and bounds above competition.

    It’s basically the Tesla of the ev industry.

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    • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      First of all I think you meant the Tesla of the internet provider industry. And also, by your definition, even Tesla isn’t the Tesla of the EV industry 😅

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      • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        What do you mean ?

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    • MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “Tesla of the ev industry”… meaning overpriced shit. Kind of is considering other satellite providers offer far cheaper service but with higher latency.

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      • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Not in my neck of the woods. Need to think bigger than USA

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  • MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Unless you need low latency and have nothing better around, yeah I can see how Starlink is best for you.

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• Steeve@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve heard mixed reviews, the big problem seems to be stability, at least around my area. I’ve heard it goes down frequently in heavy rain and snow (I’m in Canada), and people have had problems with satellites being blocked by trees (lots of trees in Canada).

  For people with no access to Internet as is that’s still a huge upgrade, but for people who were hoping it would open up the possibility of moving to and working remotely in more rural areas without good wired internet coverage it’s a total letdown.

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  • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hasn’t gone down since March. Went down yesterday. Worldwide outage. My previous sat system went down frequently. Like once a week. Was 30mb down at full. Usually managed 15 most days. Sundays were pretty much unusable. Other options were dal at top 15.

    So starlink is a fucking god send.

    I think it is exactly that. Yes trees impact but you don’t put the dish there. We had a good damn cyclone. It was fine. We were the only people in the area who had internet. The road washed out along with fibre. Can’t get a better recommendation than that.

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    • astral_avocado@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I love that you have 6 downvotes probably purely because you dared to say Starlink is good. Haven’t you heard the news that Musk is bad therefore you’re a bad person too for using Starlink?

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      • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I was just saying this to my partner. Down voted for just stating my case. I even end with fuck musk.

        Can’t win em all. I seem to have 6 down voted on all my comments. So im guessing someone doesn’t like me and is writing a script or bot to diwnvote me.

        If that doesn’t mean I’ve made it. What does

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    • Steeve@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s awesome. Sounds like geographical location really impacts performance right now, hope we get better service up here soon.

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• skulblaka@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The product is objectively the worst possible option in any place that has options, which is most places. It may be useful for some people in some remote parts of the world. Doesn't make it a good product though. It just makes it the only product on offer.

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  • kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sooo… some people need starlink?

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  • BenPranklin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Its not competing against cable or fiber, its competing against satellite internet and DSL. My family has a place in rural Maine and we used to have Hughesnet satellite internet and starlink is half the price and like 50x the speed.

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  • inefficient_electron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We have options, just not good ones. After Starlink, the next best option where I live is 4G internet, which is way slower. Another satellite service or dialup are other options, both much worse than Starlink. We do not live in a remote location, just barely rural, and only a few kms from a town with gigabit fibre. Starlink is a fantastic service that has only gone down twice for us in the 7 months we’ve had it, and even then only briefly. I don’t think I can fully impress upon you just how much better it has made things.

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    • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Is. Is this me. This is our exact situation. Are you me ?

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  • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s better than than the rest. It works really well. What are you basing your reasoning on

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