Karl, your points about Starlink are 100% true for the U.S. ISP marketplace. I beg you to acknowledge the global impact this company can have. Ultimately 6 million customers in the U.S., likely a similar number in Europe, India and China. Now we're up to 24 million global customers. It will be very interesting to see if Starlink will use that base to try innovative deployment strategies in Africa. Yes, Starlink will be a footnote in the U.S. broadband landscape, but it can still deliver a global impact if it can survive the growing pains that plague every company that attempts to build an operate a satellite constellation. Rebutting your narrowly focused reporting on this topic is starting to feel like a part-time job. Maybe you can join MY Watercooler club.
Karl's coverage consistently neglects the global impact Starlink will have. What he writes here is spot on for the U.S. market, but Starlink will have a huge impact from a global perspective.
Nice write-up that captures the expected U.S. market position for Starlink. However, for the second Starlink article on Techdirt in a row there is no mention of the international impact this company could have. The under-served rural market is global and much larger outside the US. While it won't disrupt established U.S. ISPs, the impact it may have globally could be momentous.
Elon is counting on Starlink to generate an enormous cash flow in order to fund his Mars ambitions.
"...485,000 simultaneous data streams at speeds of 100 Mbps..."
"485K data streams" <> "485K subscribers" as you wrote.
That bandwidth will support millions of subscribers.
Further, the article is focused on the U.S. market. Starlink will serve customers all over the globe.
Your core point is valid. Starlink will not disrupt ISP business in urban U.S. markets. But neither Vice, nor you, fully expressed the scope of Starlink's potential market.
Absolutely have loved being a Ting customer for the last five years. My family has low data needs and we pay just $71/mo for all four of our phones (about $18/phone). Best deal I've seen coupled with unmatched customer service. I fear this may be peak Ting. We shall see.
You write this article as if the "British" Open (The Open) is no longer such. In fact amateurs still get into the tournament and is open to nearly any good golfer. One route:
Answer this. Who has had the more broadly effective messaging? Killer Mike in an eight minute speech next to the mayor of Atlanta, or all the stories you can scrape together from JB, NP and AOC over the last two weeks? I have seen more people sharing and commenting on Killer Mike's words than your fistful of news stories.
We're a few steps from an outright civil war. I want to see some Democrats howling at the moon over the injustice and ham-fisted use of force in response to protests. What I have seen seems mild and insufficient in comparison to the magnitude of the revolting injustice and ongoing events. Instead we get Nancy's profound '...dishonors every value that faith teaches us'. No shit Nancy! Got anything else in light of the White House's disgusting use of force against peaceful protesers?
From the Biden article - "On Monday, Biden held his first in-person campaign event since the coronavirus took hold in the United States in mid-March."
It would have been nice to see Pelosi/Shumer condemn the looter --> shooter Trump edict too, instead of waiting for subsequent the escalation. Instead Pelosi ignores that.
And AOC is crying about the daughter of the most Powerful Mayor in the country.
Not exactly the inspiring JFK/MLK rhetoric of old.
Although, Biden's speech today (6/2) was on point. More of that please. How about every day so the news has something to play counter to Trump's daily diarrhea.
Where is the vocal response from Democratic leadership? Is Sleepy Joe trying to prove the moniker? Why isn't Pelosi having her own press daily conferences condemning Trumps actions? Why don't we see AOC shouting for minority rights? Why are the leaders from the left leaving this fight to the powerless masses? The most effective voice has been somebody called Killer Mike. How low has the leadership of the left sunk?
I should be yearning for the November election to cast my vote against rising tyranny, yet I fear the distinct possibility we could be in for four more years of this shit due to the lack of effective Democratic leadership.
Upgrayed!!
Moved up from Watercooler to BTC. Keep up the good work!
Karl, there are other countries
Karl, your points about Starlink are 100% true for the U.S. ISP marketplace. I beg you to acknowledge the global impact this company can have. Ultimately 6 million customers in the U.S., likely a similar number in Europe, India and China. Now we're up to 24 million global customers. It will be very interesting to see if Starlink will use that base to try innovative deployment strategies in Africa. Yes, Starlink will be a footnote in the U.S. broadband landscape, but it can still deliver a global impact if it can survive the growing pains that plague every company that attempts to build an operate a satellite constellation. Rebutting your narrowly focused reporting on this topic is starting to feel like a part-time job. Maybe you can join MY Watercooler club.
Re:
Karl's coverage consistently neglects the global impact Starlink will have. What he writes here is spot on for the U.S. market, but Starlink will have a huge impact from a global perspective.
It's not just the U.S.
Nice write-up that captures the expected U.S. market position for Starlink. However, for the second Starlink article on Techdirt in a row there is no mention of the international impact this company could have. The under-served rural market is global and much larger outside the US. While it won't disrupt established U.S. ISPs, the impact it may have globally could be momentous.
Elon is counting on Starlink to generate an enormous cash flow in order to fund his Mars ambitions.
RSS
As a regular reader via my RSS client, I assume time spent reading in that channel will not be recognized by Coil. Or is Coil smarter than me?
C'mon Karl, your basing this article on Vice reporting?!
And not even accurately:
"...485,000 simultaneous data streams at speeds of 100 Mbps..."
"485K data streams" <> "485K subscribers" as you wrote.
That bandwidth will support millions of subscribers.
Further, the article is focused on the U.S. market. Starlink will serve customers all over the globe.
Your core point is valid. Starlink will not disrupt ISP business in urban U.S. markets. But neither Vice, nor you, fully expressed the scope of Starlink's potential market.
Uneasy Ting Customer
Absolutely have loved being a Ting customer for the last five years. My family has low data needs and we pay just $71/mo for all four of our phones (about $18/phone). Best deal I've seen coupled with unmatched customer service. I fear this may be peak Ting. We shall see.
Arrogant Bastards
Ha! I see what you did there. Well played sir.
Re: Re:
Only if Rob Riggle adopts the mannerisms of his character from Step Brothers. POW!
The Open is still Open
You write this article as if the "British" Open (The Open) is no longer such. In fact amateurs still get into the tournament and is open to nearly any good golfer. One route:
Male amateur golfer whose playing handicap does not exceed 0.4 (i.e. scratch).
So start practicing now! Similar rules exist for all Open tournaments around the world, and usually give awards to the best finishing amateur.
CFAA Charges Incoming?
This is the kind of occurrence I would have kept to myself, not blasted it out on Twitter.
4Chan Moderation
What does 4Chan moderate? Perhaps Parler could follow their example.
Record Post?
Does this 8300 word entry set the bar for longest Techdirt post?
Whew
I'm glad we finally got rid of those few bad apples. Done and done.
I misread
At first I though someone at Google was jokingly threating to buy this InsiderShop item. Then I read the article. So...yay?
Re: The Less Objectionable Choice
We'd probably be better off with President Boaty McBoatface. I'd rather have a navy guy like him as Commander-in-Chief.
REAP!
Here's hoping we all reap an improved society. REAP!
Re: Re: Re: Re: My Sad Question
Perhaps I unfairly threw AOC under the bus.
Answer this. Who has had the more broadly effective messaging? Killer Mike in an eight minute speech next to the mayor of Atlanta, or all the stories you can scrape together from JB, NP and AOC over the last two weeks? I have seen more people sharing and commenting on Killer Mike's words than your fistful of news stories.
We're a few steps from an outright civil war. I want to see some Democrats howling at the moon over the injustice and ham-fisted use of force in response to protests. What I have seen seems mild and insufficient in comparison to the magnitude of the revolting injustice and ongoing events. Instead we get Nancy's profound '...dishonors every value that faith teaches us'. No shit Nancy! Got anything else in light of the White House's disgusting use of force against peaceful protesers?
Re: Re: My Sad Question
From the Biden article - "On Monday, Biden held his first in-person campaign event since the coronavirus took hold in the United States in mid-March."
It would have been nice to see Pelosi/Shumer condemn the looter --> shooter Trump edict too, instead of waiting for subsequent the escalation. Instead Pelosi ignores that.
And AOC is crying about the daughter of the most Powerful Mayor in the country.
Not exactly the inspiring JFK/MLK rhetoric of old.
Although, Biden's speech today (6/2) was on point. More of that please. How about every day so the news has something to play counter to Trump's daily diarrhea.
My Sad Question
Where is the vocal response from Democratic leadership? Is Sleepy Joe trying to prove the moniker? Why isn't Pelosi having her own press daily conferences condemning Trumps actions? Why don't we see AOC shouting for minority rights? Why are the leaders from the left leaving this fight to the powerless masses? The most effective voice has been somebody called Killer Mike. How low has the leadership of the left sunk?
I should be yearning for the November election to cast my vote against rising tyranny, yet I fear the distinct possibility we could be in for four more years of this shit due to the lack of effective Democratic leadership.
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