Tom Cruise in Space.
https://hackaday.com/2020/09/22/spac...ation-in-2021/

Widespread beta tests are looking great!

https://www.pcmag.com/news/from-pain...rural-internet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gg6jcm3M38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnChQbxLkkI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_FIaPBOJgc

How expensive is that when compared to existing service providers?

In a lot of places, there are no existing service providers. In other rural areas, all that exists is 1995-level internet, no Youtube, not Netflix, 128k download speeds. And that's between $75 and $95 a month.

I was getting by on 3mbps download speed with a hard 30GB a month cap, initially costing $180 a month. Over the last couple of years that slowly dropped to $120.

For what Starlink is expected to deliver, $500 for the setup and $100 a month is a terrific deal. A dream come true.

Wasn't aware of any of the above figures till now so all things considered yes, it certainly is attractive :yep:

I'm surprised that prices are still so high and that speed is not faster. In this part of the country, it is not possible to get less than 100 mbps at a cost of $ 30 a month.

In a city or town? Or in the countryside?

You can get fast internet in any medium to large city here cheap.

Oh yeah, that's been the theme of my long, over the road trucking and living on the ranch saga for 5+ years now

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...10#post2340310

and

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...42#post2618042

Now that I bought a nice house in a golf course community, I have 300mbps and no real data caps, I'm living big again. :)

https://www.speedtest.net/result/10438676317.png

This is me @ £35/month.

https://i.postimg.cc/6qz68kKT/Untitled11.jpg

I live in the countryside on a little island

I have 200/200 Mbit for around 51 $/month.

Markus

@Neal. In City or similarly. In much smaller places and remote places in mountain areas, where the owner has to pull it in himself, either via satellite or DSL or xDSL.... the latter I think could cost the equivalent of 3-4 thousand dollars. Incidentally, in city cores it should be from 30 up to 90 dollars.90 dollars then you get "theoretically" 10,000 Mbit / s. However, there are exceptions as usual, it is possible to get fiber and get more Gig if you are willing as a private person to open your wallet.

https://www.gbmb.org/gbps-to-mbs

Yes, it's similar here. Living in the countryside is a lot more expensive than living in a town or city. But it's worth it!

Our current private supply in the countryside is ~350 Mb/s download and 115 upload via glass fibre, while paying 35 Euros/month. This is the lowest tariff, you can get more if paying more. Up to now this is enough even for streaming and a lot of other traffic.

Speed currently possible up to 1000 Mb/s, for ~90 Euros.

Will check out Starlink :hmmm: Prices may fall a bit, and wireless via satellite is a good idea..

Here in the UK this is as good as it gets (Virgin Media)

https://i.postimg.cc/ZqDVNjHK/Untitled11.jpg

You cannot get Starlink if you live in a city or town or area where high-speed service already exists. This is only for people who have no high-speed provider options.

The "countryside" in the US is often miles and miles away from any towns.







Yeah, same here. In Houston.