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.

  • SpaceBar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      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.

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

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