[1st-mile-nm] FCC approves SpaceX plan for 4,425-satellite broadband network – TechCrunch

[Doug Orr]

Ironically, it only makes sense if the economics work for low density rural
where fiber and wireless have well known challenges. I'm assuming the
economics are expected to improve with scale, which terrestrial probably
wouldn't...

On Sat, Apr 7, 2018, 7:43 PM Steve Ross <editorsteve at gmail.com> wrote:

> Been following this but still got a lot of insight from the comments. Even
> with SpaceX cheaper launches,  how is the lofting and maintenance of 4000
> satellites cheaper than fiber or p2p wireless? The business case assumes
> the bulk of the users would be outside the USA. Is that a good assumption?
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2018, 5:49 PM Doug Orr <doug.orr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/29/fcc-approves-spacex-plan-for-4425-satellite-broadband-network/
>>
>> Have a look at the hn comments as well --
>>
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16776900
>>
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