SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million::Starlink has a fraction of the projected $12B revenue and 20M users, WSJ says.

  • @exohuman@programming.dev
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    2010 months ago

    They haven’t done a great job of marketing it. $100-120 a month isn’t bad and it beats the pants off of all the other satellite internet services.

    • netburnr
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      2210 months ago

      It’s especially more cost effective than rural wireless ISPs. Those places are straight crooks.

        • @CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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          610 months ago

          Yeah the alternative is $200 a month for 2mbps with a 20GB data cap. You can’t even stream video with this service.

          • netburnr
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            210 months ago

            Yeah my parents had dish or wisp before. I’m thankful for “skynet” as my dad calls it, so much faster for less money

    • @SpliceVW@lemmy.world
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      910 months ago

      Have they needed to? My mom has no high speed internet to her house. She signed up for Starlink like 2 years ago. Still on the waitlist.

      • @CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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        110 months ago

        My coworkers mom signed up for it about 1.5 years ago and got connected about a year ago in rural WA. Are you sure you’re still on the list?

        • @SpliceVW@lemmy.world
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          110 months ago

          Yeah, they were notified they’ll have the chance soon. I think it depends on your area. As I understand it, they were being very limited with accepting users as they continue to expand capacity.

    • @Buckshot@programming.dev
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      410 months ago

      Maybe that’s normal in US but it’s way overpriced in UK. They want £75/mo and I’m paying £35 for 500Mb in a rural area and there’s several different providers to choose from. My sister is even more remote than me and they’re getting fibre this week.

      I could also get unlimited 4G for about £20.

      I don’t know anyone who is using starlink

      • @exohuman@programming.dev
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        110 months ago

        I wish the USA had the options you just posted in rural areas. We pay for broadband expansion out of our taxes and they still won’t expand. It’s sad.