SpaceX has a month to prove Starlink is worthy of rural broadband funding 📦

2    16 Jun 2020 00:16 by u/lenn_king

6 comments

1 u/fucked 16 Jun 2020 00:52
In about a year they will have the entire rural broadband market. A year after that most of the world and shortly after that be the most valuable company in the world.
1 u/Diffie_Hellman 19 Jun 2020 01:25
I wonder if they have service in my area?
1 u/lenn_king [OP] 19 Jun 2020 01:48
They'll probably be able to cover all of America, so I think you're fine. Many people in rural parts only have regular satellite with 500 ping and .5 mbps, so they're the biggest customers
1 u/Shapes 19 Jun 2020 01:50
If they can provide upload speeds at around 100mbps on the gigabit tier I'd definitely be interested. AT&T Fiber is available in my area at $50/mo for symmetrical gigabit but I think this would be pretty awesome to have.
1 u/lenn_king [OP] 19 Jun 2020 02:52
Not everyone is lucky as you, in some places Comcast controls all the internet bc monopoly and charge insane prices for trash speeds
1 u/Shapes 19 Jun 2020 17:00
Yep I'm currently using Comcast because it allows me to get a direct WAN IP on my router via bridge mode whereas AT&T doesn't. It's absolutely garbage and there are multiple outages daily. I'm lucky if I get half of the advertised speeds. I'm hoping Starlink will also provide a bridge mode feature so users can get direct WAN IPs.