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ThirdPartyMechanic OP t1_iyaf2wq wrote

The Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband provider will operate in the market freely using the Ku-band.

Starlink's approval of the license has been confirmed by investment firm Resscop & Delaporte, which seemingly brokered the deal.

In the press release, Resscop & Delaporte state that Starlink has also been authorized to sell equipment directly and via resellers.

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Fuzakenaideyo t1_iyezux9 wrote

If this can be made to work in Haiti for the Haitians living there it would be fantastic

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Xaqv t1_iydtfn6 wrote

A net positive for any space agency that is using charcoal for rocket propulsion?

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Ok-Significance2027 t1_iybbwk4 wrote

Price points? Affordability? Funding and sustainability?

I have an inkling this will be short-lived due to problems similar to those faced by OLPC.

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toodroot t1_iybejp3 wrote

Have you noticed that some Starlink use in Ukraine is to plonk it down in the middle of a village or urban area and let 100 people connect to it with individual phones? Way cheaper than a mobile phone tower. Albeit annoying that you have to stay within wifi range to use it.

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Ok-Significance2027 t1_iybijjt wrote

If you wanted to expand the range to the equivalent of what a mobile phone tower would cover, how many satellite receivers would be necessary? Would the price point be more, less, or comparable to a mobile phone tower with that number of receivers?

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toodroot t1_iybjshx wrote

Perhaps you'd use a mobile phone tower plus a Starlink ground station -- satellite back-haul is already a thing in the mobile phone industry.

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jivatman t1_iybi3l4 wrote

I'd presume most of most of these would be paid for with some of the aid money that goes to Haiti,they get $2.5B per year. Internet is pretty important.

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Ok-Significance2027 t1_iybinvw wrote

But would that be the best way to use that money and would that funding be consistently reliable?

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jivatman t1_iyblblt wrote

I think it avoids one of the main problems with Haiti aid in being more difficult for this to be misappropriated for corruption, due to the Dishes being GPS-tracked. Easy to tell if it's not where it should be serving a rural school.

And yes, I do think providing rural schools with internet really is one of the absolute best uses of monetary aid to Haiti.

Whether funding would be reliable, well that's a more complex geopolitical, private donation, question I don't really have an answer for.

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FrostyAcanthocephala t1_iyc0p9r wrote

I'm sure that the setup fees won't discourage anyone living in Haiti.

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FatherFresh t1_iydmlh9 wrote

Until Elon throws a tantrum and takes it all back.

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Frenchconnection76 t1_iycei57 wrote

Elon : thats possible Haitians : we won $75/month Elon : how many are you ?

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colonizetheclouds t1_iye40aj wrote

Starlink can have different price structures for different areas. When it's not over Europe/USA it is basically just waiting to be back over. So it doesn't cost anything to extend service.

Ground equipment would be a different story, likely sharing of a dish between multiple people.

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