SpaceX Starlink
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Airtel Xstream Fiber Just out of curiosity , was thinking if Starlink internet will work in India as they are satellite based if I buy the subscription for the same . It is running its Open Beta program for users and people in the USA have been trying it out
This guy has installed it . Its very easy Plug and Play
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This guy has installed it . Its very easy Plug and Play
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varkey
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Not yet, once they launch more satellites and gets all regulatory approvals for India, it should.
Right now its pretty expensive, 500 USD upfront cost, 99 USD/month rental.
Right now its pretty expensive, 500 USD upfront cost, 99 USD/month rental.
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I mean 7500 is very costly . But there are some villages where in people want to take a single connection and sharing it for like 10 users . It will be cost effective over there . Like this is not feasible but if I somehow grab a US satellite unit of this and place it in India which is having a valid subscription running , will it work or does Govt have to open spectrum thingy something like that ?
i don't think starlink covers India yet. It's just a small section of US and Canada
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Considering how much satellites have to be launched for this and how much junk it creates when satellites fail, I kinda hope they don't cover outside US.
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Considering how much satellites have to be launched for this and how much junk it creates when satellites fail, I kinda hope they don't cover outside US.
Oh I thought the whole satellite constellation is active
. I am very curious to know how it performs in India if many people in the villages buys it when it launches(if it launches with decent price). Do you think it will get congested at some point of time ?
. I am very curious to know how it performs in India if many people in the villages buys it when it launches(if it launches with decent price). Do you think it will get congested at some point of time ?varkey
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I'm pretty sure that would be against their TOS, same for most ISPs here.
they will have to implement some kind of regional pricing to succeed in India. They are planning to make it "global" by 2021-2022 SpaceX launch aborted in final second before liftoff – Spaceflight Now
Also, 12k is quite a lot of satellites. They could deploy fiber on the ground to remote areas but of course that doesn't have the cool factor that gets people interested.
Also, 12k is quite a lot of satellites. They could deploy fiber on the ground to remote areas but of course that doesn't have the cool factor that gets people interested.
I doubt this will be a success. Atleast not for India. Considering its a shared resource. It will face same tikona kind of fate.
With cheap labour and small demography we have which can be easily covered in less than satellite launch amount.
With cheap labour and small demography we have which can be easily covered in less than satellite launch amount.
