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JaggedMetalOs t1_iv3fms1 wrote

Weird how someone with a net worth of $200 billion and loves to go on about helping humanity can't find $100 million to "pay" for this.

And I put "pay" in quotes because they claim the dishes cost $2,500 per month, yet they can run their consumer service for closer to $100 per month.

Almost sounds a bit like extortion, doesn't it?

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[deleted] t1_iv4q1pb wrote

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dwinps t1_iv68xs6 wrote

You conflate cost with what they want to charge

The incremental cost for supporting those terminals is much lower than $2500/mo

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[deleted] t1_iv6xrja wrote

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dwinps t1_iv78h2x wrote

>level of service being provided the Ukrainian Government
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> cost $2500 mont

It doesn't cost SpaceX $2500/mo

SpaceX is not providing hardware for free (like your F35's from Lockheed analogy). More akin to Lockheed saying they can use some software package Lockheed usually charges $1000/mo for at no charge, with that software package use creating some relatively small additional costs to Lockheed in terms of bandwidth.

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[deleted] t1_iv7nu0u wrote

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dwinps t1_iv7rbbd wrote

Lol, fighter jets cost real money to make, incremental cost of internet service on Starlink is very low

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[deleted] t1_iv7rj87 wrote

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dwinps t1_iv7t1gf wrote

You just keep on thinking physical stuff costs are the same as services like internet service

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nova9001 t1_iv4k167 wrote

Could get alot richer getting taxpayers pay for it.

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