It's not even close to a monopoly. Satellite TV networks have offered internet for years. It's not Elons fault that their internet service is dog shit.
I'll be willing to grant them that technology has advanced since most of their satellites likely went up, and that gives Elon an advantage there.
But I'm also not sure why they think they can get away with punishing someone when no one else is even trying to compete.
It's not a monopoly when literally no one is doing the same thing.
If I run a shoe repair shop (random example) in a small town, I don't have a monopoly just because I'm the only one doing it, I would be a monopoly if I bought up all of the competition and made deals to actively prevent others from competing.
I also wouldn't have a monopoly just because I do it better than the competition either.
That's true. There are several sat internet providers. Hughesnet and Viasat come to mind
It's not Musk's fault that theirs is fucking bullshit and Starlink is actually good from what I've heard
It's called competition thru technological innovation. It's the actual reason our patent system even exists
Musk's system offers incredible downlink/uplink speed and low latency. Traditional sat internet has decent down/up but their latency is SO HORRIFIC that it's only good for streaming video once it has begun.
Normal web browsing on sat internet is glacial and a horrible experience. We're talking 1500ms just to begin to contact a server...sometimes web assets take in excess of 20 seconds to load. Modern websites often have in excess of 200-300 assets to load (images, javascripts, css files)
This. Starlink is legitimately better than landline internet I have to say just because you get the same speed if not better and you can get it literally anywhere in the country and you can take it with you wherever you want to go without having to have some monkey come out to drill a hole in your wall. And all the other satellite providers suck ass and they limit your data and they are slow as molasses. But now after having starlink you couldn't pay me to go back to CenturyLink or Xfinity
They really hate it when the monopoly benefits the people.
It's not even close to a monopoly. Satellite TV networks have offered internet for years. It's not Elons fault that their internet service is dog shit.
I'll be willing to grant them that technology has advanced since most of their satellites likely went up, and that gives Elon an advantage there.
But I'm also not sure why they think they can get away with punishing someone when no one else is even trying to compete.
It's not a monopoly when literally no one is doing the same thing.
If I run a shoe repair shop (random example) in a small town, I don't have a monopoly just because I'm the only one doing it, I would be a monopoly if I bought up all of the competition and made deals to actively prevent others from competing.
I also wouldn't have a monopoly just because I do it better than the competition either.
Corrupt government. Down to the lowest levels.
I think it’s funny how they decided it was a monopoly after they paid for it to be there.
That's true. There are several sat internet providers. Hughesnet and Viasat come to mind
It's not Musk's fault that theirs is fucking bullshit and Starlink is actually good from what I've heard
It's called competition thru technological innovation. It's the actual reason our patent system even exists
Musk's system offers incredible downlink/uplink speed and low latency. Traditional sat internet has decent down/up but their latency is SO HORRIFIC that it's only good for streaming video once it has begun.
Normal web browsing on sat internet is glacial and a horrible experience. We're talking 1500ms just to begin to contact a server...sometimes web assets take in excess of 20 seconds to load. Modern websites often have in excess of 200-300 assets to load (images, javascripts, css files)
This. Starlink is legitimately better than landline internet I have to say just because you get the same speed if not better and you can get it literally anywhere in the country and you can take it with you wherever you want to go without having to have some monkey come out to drill a hole in your wall. And all the other satellite providers suck ass and they limit your data and they are slow as molasses. But now after having starlink you couldn't pay me to go back to CenturyLink or Xfinity
True - they just can’t censor his platform. we can’t have the truth getting out
They never worry about the medical Monopoly