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redmanjp wrote:DMan7 wrote:adnj wrote:redmanjp wrote:DMan7 wrote:Fadakartel wrote:quattro wrote:Starlink signups are open. Says 2022 for Trinidad. $99 usd deposit.
Any link to this? If this is so then Flow/Digicel/TSTT and other regional ISP eventually going to buss.
How so? Flow internet package is around $400 TTD per month for 150 MBps bandwidth.
This is $99 USD per month which works out to around close to $700 per month.
Digicel fibre has a bundle for around $300 wit 100mb internet plus a basic 30 channel package. So they better come with a 2nd cheaper package to fit ppl who not willing to pay that price.
I doubt that people who currently have high-speed internet access are their target customer.
"Ideal for rural + remote communities
Starlink is ideally suited for areas of the globe where connectivity has typically been a challenge. Unbounded by traditional ground infrastructure, Starlink can deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable or completely unavailable."
Greendot covers rural areas for over 10 years already in Trinidad.
dem cud give more than 10mbps?
DMan7 wrote:redmanjp wrote:DMan7 wrote:adnj wrote:redmanjp wrote:DMan7 wrote:Fadakartel wrote:quattro wrote:Starlink signups are open. Says 2022 for Trinidad. $99 usd deposit.
Any link to this? If this is so then Flow/Digicel/TSTT and other regional ISP eventually going to buss.
How so? Flow internet package is around $400 TTD per month for 150 MBps bandwidth.
This is $99 USD per month which works out to around close to $700 per month.
Digicel fibre has a bundle for around $300 wit 100mb internet plus a basic 30 channel package. So they better come with a 2nd cheaper package to fit ppl who not willing to pay that price.
I doubt that people who currently have high-speed internet access are their target customer.
"Ideal for rural + remote communities
Starlink is ideally suited for areas of the globe where connectivity has typically been a challenge. Unbounded by traditional ground infrastructure, Starlink can deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable or completely unavailable."
Greendot covers rural areas for over 10 years already in Trinidad.
dem cud give more than 10mbps?
They have up to 20 MBps on their website.
j.o.e wrote:I think y’all missed the point of this. It’s not for places with traditional fiber infrastructure... Trinidad actually had better internet infrastructure than many places even first world ones. Sounds strange but very true.
teems1 wrote:j.o.e wrote:I think y’all missed the point of this. It’s not for places with traditional fiber infrastructure... Trinidad actually had better internet infrastructure than many places even first world ones. Sounds strange but very true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... scriptions
If you sort by broadband subscriptions per 100
If you look at the countries which have a worse ranking than us ( less than 23.87), you won't find any bona fide first world countries.
Population Density (persons per square mile)teems1 wrote:j.o.e wrote:I think y’all missed the point of this. It’s not for places with traditional fiber infrastructure... Trinidad actually had better internet infrastructure than many places even first world ones. Sounds strange but very true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... scriptions
If you sort by broadband subscriptions per 100
If you look at the countries which have a worse ranking than us ( less than 23.87), you won't find any bona fide first world countries.
ed360123 wrote:Yep. We actually have pretty decent internet compared to a lot of regions.
https://www.speedtest.net/global-index/trinidad-and-tobago#fixed
redmanjp wrote:so we covered already? if someone in T&T had a receiver all now so is blazing internet then
Pablo660 wrote:Anyone got email an on availability?
VexXx Dogg wrote:Pablo660 wrote:Anyone got email an on availability?
Yea got it earlier today, dunno if i wanna drop 99usd a month on internet tho
redmanjp wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:Pablo660 wrote:Anyone got email an on availability?
Yea got it earlier today, dunno if i wanna drop 99usd a month on internet tho
the price wouldn't be different based on country? especially if they are catering for places with unreliable access and low income countries
sMASH wrote:the only reason why those places didnt get covered by a network is cause the infrastructure would have been too costly for the revenue to collect. to much wires, for too few people, too far apart.
elon did say in some interview its not meant for places already covered, as its speed would not be any where near as good, its meant for the places too costly to cover by conventional means. and the way he said it, it was more in the lines of an untapped market, rather than getting people online. the altruism is just a side effect.
but i think he as other intentions for that vast networked array of sats. i think public internet access is just one purpose it has and a secondary one. he will use his network array to do his own 'things'. im thinking if it could be used as a large antenna for long distance communication, away from earth.
adnj wrote:SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into cars, boats, and aircraft
Starlink could go mobile — if the FCC approves
... The mobile antennas would fit on the “masts of ships or the tops of semi- trucks” — or, in consumer cases, on “passenger cars or pleasure boats,” another SpaceX filing said. Unlike Starlink’s current terminals, which come with mounts and are installed by the customer, the vehicle antennas will be set up by “qualified installers.”
Throwing a Starlink terminal on a moving vehicle isn’t a surprising move for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who said early last year “it’s certainly something that could happen in coming years,” when asked in an earnings call if Teslas will ever be able to sport their own Starlink antennas. And in late 2020, SpaceX asked for an experimental FCC permit to operate Starlink terminals on Gulfstream jets.
With the new filing, SpaceX now appears to be more focused on their mobile connectivity efforts, hinting that they plan to target their service at “drivers, ship operators, and air travelers in the United States and abroad.” Offering Starlink internet to those customers will “allow operators and passengers to access services that enable increased productivity,” SpaceX said.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/8/22319 ... s-aircraft
DMan7 wrote:$110 USD per month? Elon could keep that.
redmanjp wrote:DMan7 wrote:$110 USD per month? Elon could keep that.
Where u see that price?
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