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

SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• marsokod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you have fiber, it’s unlikely you will benefit from something like Starling. Transfer data wirelessly through a constellation of satellites will have running costs much higher than just having a fibre. That is unless you have to dog a trench or run a fibre on mast for km for just one customer, which is where Starling starts making more sense.

  Starling is for rural customers, mobile customers, and possibly an option to counter monopoly abuse by some Telco companies. But if you are in a city with fibre, then do use the fibre, that’s your better option.

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  • astral_avocado@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is starling like an interstellar zergling or something?

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    • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s a type of bird.

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    • marsokod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I actually would not be surprised if SpaceX starts using Starling for one of their thrusters in the future. I’ll keep the typo.

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• Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You know, you can make your perfectly valid argument without the insult. No need to add more toxicity to Lemmy and fediverse at large.

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    • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It is dumb though. Like c’mon. There’s being a toxic dick and there’s calling out a dumb statement.

      I think the two can coexist. But fuck it.

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  • karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Rude tone apart, this is absolutely true. Nobody thinks satellite Internet is meant to compete with fiber to the door.

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    • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Potentially rude. They are indeed dumb.

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      • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Of course it’s rude. Are you dumb?

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I was in a similar spot. No fiber but I could get dsl.

    The reason I wanted it is I have two houses in Oregon and I could take it with me.

    It’s too expensive for that.

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    • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s a shame. Would be great if you could move it around

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      • limelight79@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Move Starlink around? You can. The roam plan costs more and has the lowest priority in traffic, but it does work. We’ve been using it for internet access in our RV all over the US this summer as we work from the road.

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• chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I paid the deposit over 3 years ago and they still haven’t done shit.

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