Not everyone can afford $1000 to start up Starlink and then pay $130+ per month. That may be an option for some, but certainly not the majority.
If 100% of a town was covered by a single company with data caps, those that are crying from hitting 1.2 TB/month will not be enough for a competitor to come in and build on top. A TB/mo now is extremely high - In May 2023 we had 4 customers that exceeded that (all 4 of these customers mentioned are subscribed to <25 mbps plans; we offer gig ftth). On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 4:22 PM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote: > > > On 6/16/23 22:16, Michael Thomas wrote: > > > Won't Starlink and other LEO configurations be that backstop sooner > > rather than later? I don't know if they have caps as well, but even if > > they do they could compete with their caps. > > Maybe. I really haven't paid any attention to Starlink, although there > are credible reports of folk testing it here in South Africa's urban > centres. > > I have not heard of any mention of Starlink having caps as part of their > service. Having said that, for services like this, things change as the > number of customers using them rises. > > Mark. >
