Damus
ChipTuner · 2w
Yeah for sure. It's just a practical option. And as far as starlink is concerned, you just pick up ALL of the rural locations, then it's worth it.
Moon profile picture
I am not sure if that is correct. Costs driven by the diseconomies of scale of a centralized provider trying to service ALL of a vast and low density area are immense to point that the business may not be viable. If this wasn’t the case, service delivery in the low density areas of Detroit would look a whole lot different, for instance, and those places still have a lot more density that the rural areas Starlink claims to be building its business around.
1
Diacone Frost · 2w
I'm not sure what you're saying. That starlink business is not sustainable?
ChipTuner · 2w
Also, (it's been quite a few years since I studied satellites so Im likely speaking on unknowns here) I'm suggesting the coverage of a satellite is a vast region. If you can make that work continuously (because everything moves in relative motion) which they have appeared to do, the entire globe can...