Starlink offers fast internet connections to rural Canadians. But it's not cheap

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/starlink-internet-beta-testing-in-canada-1.5831765

by rhschan • 6 years ago

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pedalpete• 6 years ago

The article describes the costs as "Buying the dish and other gear needed for the Starlink service costs $649, plus tax. Rekounas said he paid $820 in total. Users are expected to install the kit themselves. Then, it's $129 per month for the service."

I have a few questions about this. 1) does every house need it's own dish? For some reason I was thinking community dishes and then other service to the home 2) the cost of $129 per month is the direct cost to SpaceX, but it doesn't say what they currently pay. I believe the current cost is subsidized by the gov't for providing rural service. I wonder what SpaceLink's cost would work out to if similar subsidies were provided. Or are they?

rdsnsca• 6 years ago

Not worth the price here in Nova Scotia with this coming :

https://developns.ca/projects/high-speed-internet/

Starlink offers fast internet connections to rural Canadians. But it's not cheap

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