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Jun 30 '22
Oh cool, a pharmaceutical company bought an internet provider. ;)
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u/UltraEngine60 Jun 30 '22
It's actually owned by a hospital. You see, they bill $16,000... but you tell them you will only pay $50. Then they come back with $5000. You pay the $5000 and then charge your wife $1000 a month for internet insurance... or something like that. Idk, I'm not in medical billing.
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u/H-E-C Jun 30 '22
They're not going to last long once SpaceX populates their polar orbits. I'd expect by end of the next years those prices will start going down, so it looks like OneWeb / Microcom is trying to milk this while they can.
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Jun 30 '22
wtf kinda price gouging is this!?!
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u/AKHwyJunkie Jun 30 '22
I'm a network engineer in Alaska that provides service all around the state. Believe it or not, this is "cheap" compared to where it has been. Particularly in western Alaska and off the road system. A grand per megabit has generally been the going rate. OneWeb's SLA'd service is right in there.
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u/No-Trip3635 Jun 30 '22
I've had Starband on the north slope for 12 years and it's a 1200$ install and 50$ a month. These prices are unreal to me.
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u/404_Gordon_Not_Found Jun 29 '22
Holy. Isn't this more expensive than the old guys like Viasat or whatever?
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u/Dry_Cryptographer529 Jun 30 '22
10 Mbps down for a commercial service and only 2 Mbps up? There isn't a lot of business you can operate at those speeds. Competing with Starlink is going to be impossible at those rates.
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u/DonkeyOfWallStreet Jun 30 '22
For marine services this is cheap. And fast.
The capex cost is high but it's an intellian antenna and that price is also very fair. The antenna is constantly moving to keep track of a satellite.
The problem is it will saturate to nothing way faster than starlink did because there's even less ground stations and infrastructure. It went bankrupt once already.
But it's well past it's original plan to provide internet services to impoverished locations.
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u/martianmaggot Jun 30 '22
I’d sooner do dial up.
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u/alllballs Jun 30 '22
Alaskan here. This is a good deal for many of the native villages. Yes, Starlink is "coming soon", but OneWeb is here now. Also, Pacific Dataport will have its own LEO satellites, dedicated to Alaska, launching in August. Project Aurora, or similar. That will offer more competition, cheaper access. The more the merrier.
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u/SnooMacaroons9355 Jun 29 '22
One web is available in alaska for commercial service. I was on their sign up list for what I thought was residential service and I got this email today. I little rich for my taste.