Subj : Musk's Starlink
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Jun 11 2020 08:00 pm

Hello Richard!

** On Thursday 11.06.20 - 10:10, Richard Menedetter wrote to Daniel:

 RM> Sorry ... I could not find any price information for their satellite
 RM> service there.

:( Likewise. It just seems suspicious that he got away with the project  
without actually stating what the price of using the service would be to a  
customer.  Wouldn't the bottom line price be the logical concern before  
tossing 1000's of more space junk up there that can put other people at  
the risk of falling debris?

 RM> How much more reasonably priced is the Space X offering?

I have to wonder too. I think the use of the satellite tech will  
eventually be promoted as a premium service thus higher than current  
prices for the same bandwidth.

For example, the current home satellite-dish solution was heavily promoted  
as "a solution at last!" for rural communities.  The initial signup cost  
seemed reasonable. Some installations offered free hardware setup, but the  
equipment for the home wasn't cheap. Now, many years later, the sign up  
and equioment cost is a bit lower, but only for the first 3 months.  This  
kind of presentation of "affordability" is misleading.


 RM> When going low earth orbit you gain better latency but pay with
 RM> incredibly higher cost. (you need a hackload more of satellites)

I just spotted "720 satellites for total coverage in 2020" in wikipedia.  
Then its 1584 by 2021-2022.

And now I read that Daniel stated that Musk want's 20,000 of things in the  
sky.


  ../|ug

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