I had guessed Starlink would start at $85 per month but I'm very glad they start at $99. This will make sure cable and fiber customers don't jump ship to something that costs more with the same or lower speed.
Elon has said MANY times he's targeting the hardest to reach homes and it's not meant for those with good options already like cable, fiber. This service will be a godsend for those without cable, fiber, or a good wisp in the area. They have apps that use VR to show an area where the satellite should be mounted with no trees in the way. If you have heavy tree cover, expect lots of downtime and unreliable service. Here's a link showing one of the apps used to help decide on a mounting location. https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/jivmnh/the_starlink_ios_app_has_a_neat_augmented_reality/ They don't mention data caps yet but I guarantee after they gather data during the beta and after production launch, they will implement some sort of fair usage caps or deprioritization to prevent abuse on their network. Anyone wanting to use 150 Mbps 24/7 will quickly be controlled to prevent congestion. On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 11:13 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Have to keep telling myself why people will prefer fiber over Starlink: > Trees > Snow > Visual antenna blight (but that will not work for Wisps) > Possibly worse latency (I hope). > Weather? (will Storms knock it out) > > I am actually excited for the tribal areas in Utah that have school kids > without internet. Not like we did not try to serve them. But tribes are > problematic to work with. Some tribal areas still don't have electricity. > Not like there is not lots of programs to pay for this stuff. > > But tribes ... are ... problematic ... > > -----Original Message----- > From: fiber...@mail.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 9:44 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month > > I don't think Starlink will go in for predatory pricing. They have more > customers than they can handle and I'd say they have a strong upward > pricing > pressure rather than the opposite. > > However, things could get interesting if they manage to get their hands on > large amounts of government subsidies. > > > Jared > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 > > From: ch...@wbmfg.com > > To: af@af.afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month > > > > Damn, that is close to what I charge. I give 500 Mbps for that price > but > > I > > hope they don't start predatory pricing. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fiber...@mail.com > > Sent: Tuesday, October 27 > > To: af@af.afmug.com > > Subject: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month > > > > SpaceX Starlink public beta begins: It’s $99 a month plus $500 up front > > > https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/spacex-starlink-public-beta-begins-its-99-a-month-plus-500-up-front/ > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>
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