Google Fiber's trajectory runs parallel to other people we've probably
all met in this industry. With a surface level of knowledge everything
looks easy. Then they get into it and find out the easy parts they knew
about were like 10% of the story.
Google might have been better buying existing ISP's, or starting on a
smaller scale to build up a pool of talent and institutional knowledge.
Or both of those things. Just because you have a hundred million
dollars doesn't mean easements are easy to get. And having a good price
and speed are fine, but an aggressive incumbent can still eat your lunch
because they're better at selling it.
Maybe Starlink should start with a more modest plan that's easier to
achieve and build upon it with the knowledge they gain in the process.
I suppose a guy like Musk doesn't think that way though.
-Adam
On 4/18/2019 10:53 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Reminds me of Intel deciding not to sell 5G chips for smartphones and
their stock goes up, apparently investors feel they dodged a bullet.
Or Google Fiber pretty much getting out of fiber.
The question “how will this ever be profitable” has a way of clearing
your thoughts. Especially when you’re trying to raise money from
investors.
I assumed SpaceX was profitable and the Internet satellite thing was a
Musk hobby project funded from the SpaceX profits, but this article
implies it was the other way around. Remind me, which of Musk’s
businesses actually makes a profit?
*From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *[email protected]
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Visible antennas
Cost per mbps
Latency
I will keep my head in the sand.
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LOL... Yep..
On 4/18/19 9:05 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
Well, well, well. Reality may be rearing its ugly head...
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4254917-spacex-backtracking-satellite-internet-puts-future-profits-doubt
bp
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On 4/4/2019 5:21 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Sounds like a job for Space Force.
Actually, I'm a little confused. Will these LEO sats be 5G?
What good are
they if they aren't 5G? How are we going to get remote
surgery and
self-driving vehicles without 5G?
I wish these big corporations would make up their minds, do I
need a small
cell 1000 feet away because <reasons>, or do I need thousands
of satellites
whizzing overhead 50 miles up? Seems like polar opposites,
but apparently
we gotta have 'em.
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And one more Indian anti-sat test to turn it all into chaff...
On 04/04/2019 04:34 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
So now in addition to Elon and his thousands of
satellites, and OneWeb
with their thousands of satellites, we will now add Bezos
and another
few thousand satellites:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-broadband/amazon-plans-t
o-launch-over-3000-satellites-to-offer-broadband-internet-idUSKCN1RG1Y
W
bp
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On 3/20/2019 10:30 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Oh, no, Elon will be able to market it to all Tesla
owners! And have
kiosks in all the Tesla stores! We're doomed!
So I guess what I'm saying is technology doesn't sell,
marketing
sells, and it all depends on who they partner with to
actually sell
service to end customers. Also of course they are not
the only
company doing this. OneWeb for example. SpaceX has
the advantage of
having their own launch service and being able to
piggyback on other
payloads.
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Or is the sky falling?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/7zqm2c/starlink_faq/
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