[Starlink] Subsidised in Canada for Starlink-Hardware

[Dave Täht]

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 10:08:46AM +1200, Ulrich Speidel wrote:
> I note that the four communities are all clustered in a relatively small
> area on the eastern shores of Lake Manitoba, more or less in walking
> distance of each other. That's a significant number of terminals for such a
> small area. It'll be interesting to see whether Starlink will have the
> capacity to service them all. Mind you, they're just south of the 53rd
> parallel, where satellite density is highest, so if not there, then where?
> But I guess this probably comes on top of an existing customer base in a
> wider area awash with hard-to-reach users.

It would be saner to have a correct number of starlink termnals,
and to further spread the network around via fixed wireless, or
even cabling up portions of the neighborhood. This is a job for a
WISP/starlink partnership, methinks.

> 
> On 17/05/2022 9:22 am, Daniel AJ Sokolov wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >The Canadian province of Quebec wants to subsidise
> >Starlink-subscriptions for 10,200 hard to reach homes. The subsidy,
> >apparently, is not ongoing, but a one-off for purchasing the hardware.
> >
> >In four Manitoba communities, federal money will provide a subsidy of
> >CAD 900 each for 1,162 households. That covers the device plus tax, but
> >not Starlink's delivery fee or any cost of installation.
> >
> >https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2022/05/16/starlink-utilised-in-quebec-manitoba-rural-broadband-programmes-portability-option-launched <https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2022/05/16/starlink-utilised-in-quebec-manitoba-rural-broadband-programmes-portability-option-launched>
> >
> >https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/05/government-of-canada-invests-over-1-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-up-to-1162households-in-manitoba.html <https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/05/government-of-canada-invests-over-1-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-up-to-1162households-in-manitoba.html>
> >
> >FYI
> >Daniel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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