I have more faith than that in musk. I really think, as long as governments stay out of it, this will be a game change in the data landscape. Bad for WISPs, good for consumers, until space debris and light pollution degrade it
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 6:35 PM Matt Hoppes < [email protected]> wrote: > Yeah. Odd I can get it at our office in a city of 40,000 but not my home > in the middle of nowhere 30 miles away. > > Also speeds have slowly eroded from gigabit to 50 megabits. > > I suspect this is much ado about nothing. It will relieve customers who > can’t get something but shouldn’t be a major concern. > > > On Feb 8, 2021, at 7:17 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ... and probably the whole bay area now (~~ 37° latitude). > > > > I had signed up for Starlink internet service. I got a notice this > afternoon that it is available at our home address for beta-level service. > Speed & latency will be variable, and there will "brief" intervals of no > service. > > > > But the prices they had announced has an interesting "*" to it. The $499 > equipment fee does not include shipping and handling (another $50), plus > another $49 and change for tax. So instead of paying $499, it's more like > $599. All due before they will process the order. > > > > > > -- > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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