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SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million (arstechnica.com)
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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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[–] netburnr 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's especially more cost effective than rural wireless ISPs. Those places are straight crooks.

[–] breakingcups 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As opposed to Elon? 😅

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah the alternative is $200 a month for 2mbps with a 20GB data cap. You can't even stream video with this service.

[–] netburnr 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah my parents had dish or wisp before. I'm thankful for "skynet" as my dad calls it, so much faster for less money