Re: [Starlink] [NNagain] one dish per household is silly.

[Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>]

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> On Nov 10, 2023, at 12:44, Dave Taht via Nnagain <nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> Steve song's analysis here:
> https://manypossibilities.net/2023/11/starlink-and-inequality/

He makes some good points.

> A) Am I the only person left in the world that shares his wifi?

My neighbors and I do.

> A single dishy can easily serve dozens of people

But that’s a different question than whether Starlink’s contract _allows_ you to share it.  The contract does not.

So I think saying that it’s a good thing because it’s good when you don’t follow the rules is… well, perhaps a little too much of a stretch for a general argument.

> I know of refuge centers in the ukraine serving hundreds of people as one example.

And if Musk weren’t cutting Starlink connectivity for Ukrainian defensive uses, those refugee centers wouldn’t have so many people in them.  And, more to the point, Ukrainian graveyards wouldn’t have so many people in them.

As always, the Musk-vs.-Tesla and Musk-vs.-SpaceX conflicts are tricky to sort out, and may not yield any more broadly-applicable principles.


                                -Bill


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