Comment on Starlink

buzz86us@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As with everything it is because of money.

  From a business point of view why should I spend $1,000 per quarter mile to install a fibre cable that will make maybe $120/month in revenue so my profit per service is maybe $30-$40/m

  This is a vastly oversimplified as there are multiplexing technologies like GPON to lower the cost per mile but then there are support costs for faults, backhaul and internet exchange point costs I have to pay.

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  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We did it with electricity and telephone service about 100-200 years ago depending on where you look. We can do it again with a technology that literally can share cables with telephone and electricity

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    • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      In some EU countries, Australia, new Zealand, and the UK those initial networks were rolled out as government departments so the government did not expect an initial return.

      Fun thing, the Australian and UK telephone networks were rolled out under the direction of the postal services before being split off to their own departments.

      Since the 80s most western governments are trying to sell off assets under the guise of Privation so we are very unlikely to see another initiative like it. There have been exceptions like the Australian National Broadband Network but those are planned to be broken up and sold again anyway.

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  • buzz86us@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Then why do they feel right to complain?

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    • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Because when a company is not making enough money it is not the fault of sales not meeting expectations, it is the fault of government regulations and administration costs.

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