That's a lot of space junk. 
Posted on 02/25/2021 7:31:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I realize that you are being sarcastic, but the earth has a surface area of 196,936,994 mi², each satellite will have and average of 4,700 sq/mi to roam in. But in reality it will be much less as the satellites are clustered over the more heavily populated areas, and far fewer over empty oceans and deserts.
You have heard of the Kessler Syndrome I suppose?
Deposit was $99, equipment will be $499 (I think) and monthly will be $99.
My son works at the local golf course. He saw it last week around 5:15 am.
It’s 129 Canadian deposit and 126.00 a month up here. Saw an email about it. I guess it just became available way up in the north.
I hear rumors that the Starlink network might be perfect for direct-to-home, FREE TV.
The idea being that content providers would pay for satellite distribution by way of providing cash or by giving Starlink ad spots on their channel. The video would be available anywhere on Earth and the end-user equipment would be subsidized in some fashion. It would also get the hardware in millions of homes and at any time a user could ad internet access instantly.
IMO, Musk is aiming at the cable and sat TV monopolies as well as the internet providers and big tech.
A free sat phone network might also be in future plans.
Us bumpkins need better interwebs.
I had my misgivings due to their site’s stating that there’d be a lot of slow times and down times, I decided to just go ahead and sign up with it.
I’ll pay two internet bills, and dump the one that isn’t holding up by December.
Because...reasons.
Thanks. I got an email from them but I haven’t ordered yet. I couldn’t figure out the cost and it seemed like buying a pig in a poke. Guess I’ll go ahead and order.
Something like $500 for the base station and $100 a month.
Current around 100mps and future is announced 10gbps
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacexs-starlink-raises-download-speed-goal-from-1gbps-to-10gbps
You can download spam and viruses much faster....
“You have heard of the Kessler Syndrome I suppose?”
These satellites are controlled and tracked, and can be avoided. These satellites de orbit when the reach end of life. These satellites are in extremely low orbits, and debris from collisions, if they occur, will be quickly de orbited by the atmosphere that extends up in to those orbits.
It’s all been calculated and modeled. Stop scaring the children.
The market for Starlink in the USA is pretty small compared to the cable market, but, the exact same satellites that are being used to service the USA’s 5 million user recevers, will also service the other 15/16 of the land area of the planet. The number of subscriptions will be proportional to the area.
Starlink is going to be magnificently profitable in its first incarnation, and any upgrades will multiply that profitability a magnitude or two. Then add on the content and endpoint services — don’t be suprized if you hear Starlink is buying Disney, etc.
Starlink will be bigger than Tesla.
Good.
The left hates competition.
The more I read about Starlink and think of the potential, it is really mind boggling. Musk could be the worlds first Trillion dollar man.
The article’s closing reference to 5G/6G being competition to Starlink is so much wishful thinking. For the same reason why cable and fiber don’t go to lesser-populated rural areas, i.e. $$$/sq.mi/subscriber, Starlink will quickly gain share with service & online speed. Last week, I was barely outside the Tulsa metro and the I-44 corridor when I lost Internet connectivity on my phone because it wasn’t even 3G service. That area will be years before 5G arrives and Musk will have already locked in his subscriber base.
That's a lot of space junk.
5G and 6G cellular currently still needs a connection to the cell towers.
There's nothing stopping Musk from setting up cell towers in rural areas, with the voice/data traffic going over Starlink. There's also nothing stopping him from using Starlink to offer internet and cellular service to people on cruise ships at sea, and airliners.
Creepy.
Let’s just pray Musk ain’t ebil.
Starlink will also mean that girls in the Third World will be able to make money through 4K-video porn chats.
Porn has driven lots of technology.
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