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lxgr 2 hours ago

> their ungodly expensive product

Do you have any idea how much other satellite operators charge per megabyte or Mbit/s?

victorbjorklund 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Their competitors isn’t other satellite in most cases. It’s fiber, 5G and so on.

sangel21 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It's cheaper then fibre here in Australia. Especially rural.

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nostromo an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Starlink isn't expensive by those standards either.

infinitewars an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Starlink's main goal isn't consumer internet, it's being the backbone for Golden Dome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...

infinitewars 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

For trillions of dollars, Golden Dome is unlikely to be effective at interception, but it destabilizes MAD and can be used as a global prompt strike offense weapon.

So, worth it?

DarmokJalad1701 7 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

> Of course that's terrifying...

Why would you be "terrified" of space-based ballistic missile defense? Seems a lot better than ground-based interceptors that have a not-great rate of interception.