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Originally Posted by Mathgod
It costs $499US upfront for the Starlink kit, a barrier to entry for low income families. $99/month is the currently advertised price, but there's no telling what increases may be to come. Recently it won $885M in federal subsidies (so much for no tax money going towards it). And its long term reliability (and overall reliability) is a complete question mark.
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He has effectively created a launch system and committed all the money for R&D before he got any government subsidies, and the subsidies he got were due to being able to actually prove the product works.
Of course the cost is high, but he also has a massive waiting list and has said as they become more efficient the cost will come down.
Maybe you could go do some research on how much money the US government has wasted on subsidizing ISPs who have nothing to show for?