SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million::Starlink has a fraction of the projected $12B revenue and 20M users, WSJ says.

  • Uniquitous@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    They’re about to lose another one. We finally got fiber run to our area, so now I have internet that doesn’t zone out every 5 - 10 minutes to find another satellite. Canceling Starlink next week. Fuck you Elon.

  • KJ118@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I was hyped when I first learned about starlink, finally I wouldn’t be stuck with 1 Mbps from ATT, then my power co-op announced it would be running gig fiber to all customers homes.

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    1 year ago

    They haven’t done a great job of marketing it. $100-120 a month isn’t bad and it beats the pants off of all the other satellite internet services.

  • SpaceBar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My internet where I live is through cable and it’s terrible. Bad. Outtages all of the time. Down for days at times. So I switched to starlink. It’s fine. Works great EXCEPT WHEN IT RAINS HEAVILY.

    Heavy rain blocks the signal. Elon Musk owns it.

    Now, I have a t-mobile hotspot. It’s only $50 per month as opposed to the $110 for Starlink.

    If you have no other decent option, Starlink is amazing. If you have other options, don’t give Musk your money.