• SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I guess I’m not surprised given the fact that my Starlink costs 150 bucks a month to use while I travel in my RV. Campsites and campgrounds are full of RVers and overlanders with Starlink dishes each paying $150/month for the privilege.

    Drive around any rural area and you’ll see plenty of houses with a dish in their yard or on their roof too. Residential service is cheaper than RV service, but not by much.

    If terrestrial American ISPs didn’t completely dick over their customers I’m not sure how successful Starlink would be in the US, but right now it fills a niche that traditional telco companies can’t or won’t invest in.