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Starlink subscriber growth well below SpaceX projection (Original Post) BootinUp Sep 2023 OP
I hope they... 2naSalit Sep 2023 #1
i tried to install one but we have way too many tall trees.. samnsara Sep 2023 #2
We tried to install Starlink on our boat PJMcK Sep 2023 #3
The prices SpamWyzer Sep 2023 #4

2naSalit

(86,794 posts)
1. I hope they...
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 06:10 AM
Sep 2023

Self destruct, like vaporize after the 5 years is up. That's a lot of space trash if not.

samnsara

(17,636 posts)
2. i tried to install one but we have way too many tall trees..
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 07:55 AM
Sep 2023

..and then it went from 99 a month to 125.

Lord knows what it is now.

PJMcK

(22,050 posts)
3. We tried to install Starlink on our boat
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:28 AM
Sep 2023

Many cruisers, both motor and sail, have the device and service. A lot of RVs use it, too. Some folks rave about it and more than once I was told it was better than at home!

The hardware cost $600 and the monthly charge was $135. Since I was still working during our 10-month cruise, it seemed like a good solution for my business and as an upgrade for our boat.

Unfortunately, the hardware has high power demands that would suck my batteries dry in about a half hour. To properly install it on my little boat would require completely rewiring and new lithium ion batteries; total cost = $7,000. Additionally, some boaters complained that SpaceX was ”geo-locking” their transceivers so they would only work in specific regions, (I think that was the term).

We were mostly satisfied using cell networks for internet and only once did we bump up against a data limit.

SpaceX’s customer service is non-existent and their website is terrible. We had to contact the Better Business Bureau in order to get the return authorization. It then took almost three months to get my money back; I still had to pay for two months of the service!

Nice little shitty company you’ve built, Elon.

 

SpamWyzer

(385 posts)
4. The prices
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 09:17 AM
Sep 2023

make the service unaffordable to the larger market of consumers. Business might not want this uncertain product, afterall Ego Muck thinks he is king of free speech and won't give you any without you paying (he takes rubles), but most businesses want to pay less and get a more secure service. I am happy to hear that the satellites that make up the night polluting string of obnoxious space wifi will fail after 5 years and then I pray they fall out of orbit and land on Muck owned properties worldwide. I pity the fools who believe one word he says, Ego Muck, the tRumpo of space exploration.

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