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I see tons of ads when I drive around rural Indiana for Hughesnet. I've never seen an ad for Starlink. Why aren't they even marketing it to rural midwesterners?
Elon companies have never really done traditional marketing. Maybe they're just allergic to it?
I can sort of see that with Tesla. The word of mouth thing working for a pricey car brand. But the only way you're going to get farmers to know about Starlink is to advertise it to them.
They honestly don't even seem interested in anyone in the midwest getting it. They're only really interested in the coasts.
To get Starlink near me you need to be put onto a waiting list for them to roll it out to your area. But closer to the coasts (you don't even have to be all that close, Idaho gets it) and you can sign up and get started right away.
That's not the way to get to 20 million users. Not that I'm shocked.