> Also notable that SpaceX keeps finding these cool (revenue generating) use cases to further cheapen the cost of sending things up to space.
Like sending Ukraine "free" base stations and charging them $4,500 a month for service.
Like sending Ukraine "free" base stations and charging them $4,500 a month for service.
But that $4,500 a month is insanely cheap and an absolutely incredible value for Ukraine.
The media loves to whip up a frenzy over Musk, but Ukrainian commanders on the front have said Starlink is the single biggest advantage they have, their efficacy would drop by more than half without it, and even, they’d rather have more Starlink than more guns.
Simply put no one has done more for Ukraine than Elon / SpaceX.
"I have bought over 50 StarLinks, with official prices right from the website in EU countries - Poland, CZ, Germany - like 400-500 bucks each, then enable portability for extra IIRC 50$, then payed monthly fee of 60$ (was 120$ before). It’s the same for everyone else in EU" Dimko Zhluktenko, the head of Dzuga’s Paw charity fund, tweeted in his response to the development.
So regular joe donates them for $500 with monthly fee of $60 but $4,500 a month is insanely cheap?
I have a $10,000 toilet seat to sell you.
Starlink - Latency 20-40 ms Download - 50-200 mbps Upload - 10-20 mbps
Starlink Business - Latency 20-40 ms Download - 100-350 mbps Upload - 10-40 mbps
No, Musk does that himself by saying and doing a lot of very stupid things and also lying a lot.
Are there any alternatives? Nope. Also, let's not talk about how SpaceX "should" sponge up the costs, because you would not ask Lockheed Martin or Raytheon Technologies to do that. Compared to regular prices of military hardware, Starlink costs nothing.
The $60 tier is not available on the 20,000 donated terminals - 85% of the retail price of which ($1,500 and a $2,500 model) was paid for by governments.