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Meanwhile, in Australia, the pricing structure and availability of Starlink is so competitive that it is demolishing the national/ state-owned infrastructure (NBN co), who are haemorrhaging users to Starlink.
In part because the previous conservative government ruined the network for pricing and in part because of the superior performance of the lower satellites. Either way, Starlink is faster and cheaper than infrastructure the citizens already own.
I just checked and it's almost double what I'm paying currently for 100/40 fibre.
I don't know where you got your figures but u suspect they're faulty.
At best it might be an alternative to Skymuster.
Starlink won't beat FTTP or FTTN, but it sure as shit beats fixed wireless and sky muster.
Shit, just not having to deal indirectly with NBNCo every time there's a problem (multiple times per month) has got to be worth $100 per month to me.
No regrets. FUCK NBNCO sideways, with an axe.
Apples and oranges you nong.
The NBN is vdsl,.fibre, fixed wireless and satellite.
Obviously I'm comparing NBN satellite with musk satellite. 🤦
Well if you don't actually mention what part you are comparing people are going to assume its the part the majority use, ie VDSL and fibre.
Everyone has always known normal satellite internet sucks dick, it's slow and high ping.
But musk is too stupid to market his starlink as a replacement for that, instead trying to win over VDSL and fibre users.
You don't get it. Slow and high ping is part of the tech, but not the problem, and not only why people are leaving: it's the price. Australia owns the satellite and all the infrastructure. The NBN satellite should be cheaper than musklink. It isn't, because of the Liberal party.
Musklink isn't taking vdsl or fibre customers. 5G is.
You can get 600mbps for $85 a month with Telstra. That is what kills fibre and why metro is leaving the NBN.
Apples and oranges.
It's a shame what happened with NBN in Australia. Fantastic idea, shit execution because they cheaped out.
The poor man pays twice
They didn't cheap out. Liberals (the name of the conservative party, basically Republicans) spent 3 times as much money for a shitter product, and now Australia has to spend it all over again to redo it.
This. Never forget that our national infrastructure was intentionally sabotaged.
Nothing to do with cost, overlord Mudcock didn't want foxtel to lose customers to internet streaming.