Re: FCC Chair Rosenworcel Proposes to Investigate Impact of Data Caps

[Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>]

Not everyone can afford $1000 to start up Starlink and then pay $130+ per
month.  That may be an option for some, but certainly not the majority.

If 100% of a town was covered by a single company with data caps, those
that are crying from hitting 1.2 TB/month will not be enough for a
competitor to come in and build on top.  A TB/mo now is extremely high - In
May 2023 we had 4 customers that exceeded that (all 4 of these customers
mentioned are subscribed to <25 mbps plans; we offer gig ftth).

On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 4:22 PM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:

> On 6/16/23 22:16, Michael Thomas wrote:
>
> > Won't Starlink and other LEO configurations be that backstop sooner
> > rather than later? I don't know if they have caps as well, but even if
> > they do they could compete with their caps.
>
> Maybe. I really haven't paid any attention to Starlink, although there
> are credible reports of folk testing it here in South Africa's urban
> centres.
>
> I have not heard of any mention of Starlink having caps as part of their
> service. Having said that, for services like this, things change as the
> number of customers using them rises.
>
> Mark.