Have you considered that a lot of people could share one connection? Also the pricing would almost certainly be different between the US and Africa. It’s just supply and demand.
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Just like any regular modem. Your whole family, and even friends or whoever you want can use it. It doesn't change the fact that if it cost 500$, almost no one would pay. Do you really think it will cost a lot less in Africa? Such an infrastructure has a (huge) cost. If you
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And again a corrected graph, with more reliable data (International Telecommunication Union, 2017 and United Nations, 2017):pic.twitter.com/BraGtckyQx
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This table is misleading. It doesn't take account that in many low gdb countries, there are decent amount of rich people. There are also hotels and other businesses, which benefit starlink type of internet. Even though it is not for everyone, it can bring the Internet everywhere.
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Yes. And rich people tend to make the average revenue higher than the average person's revenue. So people are actually poorer than presented in my graph. And you really believe that rich people will shate their Internet with everyone?
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What's the four countries, if you don't mind me asking?
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I'll send you that as soon as I'll have time!
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so you're assuming that homes are the primary goal and not NGOs in the field, schools et al. Got it.
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If you want to help schools, you don't build a mega constellation. That's too expensive and you will need waaaay more people to subscribe than just schools. And schools need way more than the Internet.
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