for those who want to set up their Starlink account and check for the transaction, hit the forgot password link at the login page, put in the email you used and you should get the link to finish setting up your account. - wookie
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expiredClintiePoo posted Feb 08, 2021 11:03 PM
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expiredClintiePoo posted Feb 08, 2021 11:03 PM
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This will put them all out of business overnight. I'd be pretty concerned if I was a local ISP, putting millions of dollars (from federal contracting and related), to see the real possibility of going belly up.
'Dropped from an orbital altitude of ~1200 km (~750 mi) to 560 km (~350 mi), the ten Starlink satellites SpaceX now has permission to launch on Transporter-1 likely represent less than 20% of one polar 'plane' of Starlink satellites. In simpler terms, those ten satellites will only be capable of supporting a very limited test of polar Starlink internet, likely resulting in intermittent, unreliable coverage that won't be viable for civil use until the FCC permits SpaceX to launch one or several full planes.'
It'll compete with Satellite Internet access companies like Viasat and HughesNet. Which can be slow, have small data caps and on top can be very expensive.
This will put them all out of business overnight. I'd be pretty concerned if I was a local ISP, putting millions of dollars (from federal contracting and related), to see the real possibility of going belly up.
This is all stunt marketing to get on the military industrial godcomplex gravytrain by Elon Musk as he tries to gun for wealth and control.
There are numerous companies around the world funded by their respective governments putting Low Earth Orbit sats up to provide internet. It's not secret exclusive SpaceX tech. This is little more than a telecom arms race between billionaires and/or governments, and their respective tribes/cults.
These links/threads are little more that recruitment tools to see where they may get a useless concentration of early-adopter fanbois who they can provide service and get them to promote it online. The $99 price is completely arbitrary and most telesat projects cost enormous amounts of money.
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Providing Internet access is just the front for something else
I'm no hillbillies but, internet is for the devil.... LOL
Post a Verizon plan that works for home internet, is widely available, and has no caps or streaming limits for at or under $100. The other carriers, despite what their maps say (and Verizon too in some extent), don't cover all the areas their maps say they do.
I'm no hillbillies but, internet is for the devil.... LOL
Starlink wins hands down. Until cellular rollout is hitting 100+Mbps, my money is on Starlink.
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