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dwinps t1_iv68xs6 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Ukraine suffered a comms outage when 1,300 SpaceX satellite units went offline over funding issues by thatoneguy889

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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