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SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 92 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Sightline@lemmy.ml 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I get 150 down, 15 up with T-Mobile out in the boondocks, so much better than Starlink when you consider it's $50/month versus $150/month. Starlink also raised prices on me.

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm in the sticks and have no T-Mobile signal at all. I have to rely on wifi calling when I'm at home.

I only can get DSL, and only at the lowest tier since I'm at the edge of the delivery area, I checked the signal to noise that the modem reports and it's not good (apparently)

I was considering getting starlink but I would probably need to place it on a big ass tower https://www.amazon.com/Rohn-25-40-Basic-Tower/dp/B077ZF7V1Q/ref=mp_s_a_1_8_sspa?crid=3MNO34QHYV0Q5&keywords=self+supporting+tower&qid=1694711820&sprefix=self+supp%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-8-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfbXRm&psc=1&smid=A34PUGV9QVBZZY

And from my understanding, they EXPECT the network to become clogged and unusable, and it is already starting to happen...

At this point I have to pray for municipal network which is never going to happen.

[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Starlink really is great if you can give it full view of the sky. Other than Musk's anti democratic stances and heavy rain cutting it out, it works so well.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Interesting, I had satellite Internet through explorer and only the heaviest of blizzards would cut access to the internet. Had an uptime of probably 99% through the year. Wonder why satellites further away wouldn't have a problem with rain but starlink ones do.

[–] randombullet@feddit.de 32 points 11 months ago

Different wave lengths.

Shorter wave lengths are more affected by rain.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

I would hazard a guess that they were running a geostationary setup rather than Starlinks LEO approach.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I was really wondering about whether affecting the signal, that is disappointing as hell to learn. Thanks