Starlink expands surge-style pricing model with increases of up to 20%

[toooooot]

That sucks. Unless every other internet provider starts to do the same thing.
Then it will suck even more.
But if you think of it, the main attraction of starlink is being able to go away
from people and still have internet. Who needs it where other providers exist?

 

[LordVile95]

What country are you from???

You need to educate yourself before commenting. Believe it or not there are a lot rural areas in the United States that don't have access to the services you are talking about. I have relatives that the best (NON Satellite) internet they can get is around 5 mbps. They barley have a cell signal.

I suspect you don’t understand what the word “average” means

 

[Underdog]

"Put simply, a fixed amount of satellite bandwidth serves each area, and each new subscriber gets a smaller share of it."

Forgot the part where you get a smaller share of the bandwidth at a HIGHER price. The smaller your share becomes the more expensive it gets. Funny how that works.

If you think about it, that's inline with the free market system. The lower the supply, the higher the price. What are you guys paying for diesel these days?

 

[GodisanAtheist]

It still blows my mind that putting 100's of satellites up in space is a more economical way to bring HSI to rural communities than just building out our terrestrial cell network. You can build something like 8-15 cell towers for the cost of a single satellite.

I understand it's more of a byproduct of bringing HSI to Governments/Corporations than it is specifically for getting internet to rural folks, but still.

 

[Win7user]

I think I'll stick with my 75mbps download speed, and 12 up for the bargain price of $14.95 including tax...