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No it's not at all a first world perspective. I live in the so called developing nations. Aside from some people who might live in rural areas in large countries that are hard to cover georgraphically -- and these people probably could not afford Star Link anyways -- 4G and soon to be 5G is ubiquitous. There is no need for StarLink generally.

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I have no cell phone coverage at home, let alone 4G or 5G. I am 10 miles from the center of a town with a population of about 80,000. Most people just don't get how bad internet access is in many areas.

> Aside from some people who might live in rural areas in large countries that are hard to cover georgraphically

> There is no need for StarLink generally.

You point out that there is a market for StarLink and then you say it isn't needed. I'm confused. At any rate, no point in arguing about it. If there is no need they will lose a lot of money. If there is a need, they will make a lot of money. Time will tell.

I'm from said area you claim to be from. If you use data as much as power users in a month you might well save money on starlink.

There's people importing dishes to use in cities in non covered countries today because of the condition of local networks in cities and the per bit costs

Check the steam download stats for top ISP's. It might surprise you the performance Delta with alternatives.

Telcos are complaining about roll out and spectrum costs. Some of them couldn't survive the 4G transition

Fair enough -- I can see this might be a thing in say islands in Indonesia and the Phils. Parts of Laos and Cambodia.

The market can prove me wrong! :)

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