Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet
So how many think this is going happen anytime soon, or even if it does how widespread it will be? Much of the media hype has seemed to die off. Latest article I could find is below and 2024 for ...
Forum Discussion
With a constellation in the thousands of satellites, yeah, a handful as in a couple hundred users tops per satellite. I don't see more than a few hundred on each one state-side, and that's if Exede and Hughesnet go under as well. Consider this, between the two companies there's what, 3 million customers tops. They all pay between $50 and $130 per month, spread out on 4-10 satellites depending on what platform they are.
Take that 3 million customers and throw them between a few hundred satellites. The bill will be higher.
Thanks for the input and I get what you're saying but I look at it more as the whole if a global system I guess. And cost of launch and hardware is supposedly going to be much lower. Again, it gets back to my original post. Is it basically baloney?
I'll put you in the baloney column. :smileywink:
BirdDog wrote:Thanks for the input and I get what you're saying but I look at it more as the whole if a global system I guess.
That's what I thought, that it's supposed to be a global system. I thought that being a global system was the whole point of it.
GabeU wrote:
BirdDog wrote:Thanks for the input and I get what you're saying but I look at it more as the whole if a global system I guess.
That's what I thought, that it's supposed to be a global system. I thought that being a global system was the whole point of it.
Yea, maybe 10's of millions customers versus 3-4. Again, I'm not the designers, engineers or funders. Only trying to get an understanding and discussing here because we are nerds.
