Quote from: Tomness on 02/27/2023 04:49 amQuote from: M.E.T. on 02/27/2023 02:28 amhttps://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/elon-musk-s-starlink-nears-100-000-australian-customers-20230223-p5cn23.htmlArticle from the Sydney Morning Herald might be paywalled, but in summary, it shares an update from a confidential industry meeting that Starlink now has 95,000 Australian subscribers and is growing fast. This is alarming traditional providers in regional areas, and jeopardising their very viability.Now, Australia only has 25 million people, of which 17 million live in the capital cities. Industry estimates are that the traditional addressable market for regional satellite internet is about 400,000 premises. This market might increase given Starlink’s offering, but as it stands, if Starlink was able to jump to 100,000 subscribers already, well, they really have no competition.People in the cities will have high-speed internet, it's the rural people that need it the most. They don't want to run fiber, Starlink can bridge that gap.Correct. But there is a traditional rural National Broadband satellite service with about 100,000 subscribers which is now being threatened by Starlink. The service provides about 25Mb/s download and 5Mb/s upload speed for a capped amount of data per month.Starlink is eroding its customer base fast and will continue to do so.
Quote from: M.E.T. on 02/27/2023 02:28 amhttps://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/elon-musk-s-starlink-nears-100-000-australian-customers-20230223-p5cn23.htmlArticle from the Sydney Morning Herald might be paywalled, but in summary, it shares an update from a confidential industry meeting that Starlink now has 95,000 Australian subscribers and is growing fast. This is alarming traditional providers in regional areas, and jeopardising their very viability.Now, Australia only has 25 million people, of which 17 million live in the capital cities. Industry estimates are that the traditional addressable market for regional satellite internet is about 400,000 premises. This market might increase given Starlink’s offering, but as it stands, if Starlink was able to jump to 100,000 subscribers already, well, they really have no competition.People in the cities will have high-speed internet, it's the rural people that need it the most. They don't want to run fiber, Starlink can bridge that gap.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/elon-musk-s-starlink-nears-100-000-australian-customers-20230223-p5cn23.htmlArticle from the Sydney Morning Herald might be paywalled, but in summary, it shares an update from a confidential industry meeting that Starlink now has 95,000 Australian subscribers and is growing fast. This is alarming traditional providers in regional areas, and jeopardising their very viability.Now, Australia only has 25 million people, of which 17 million live in the capital cities. Industry estimates are that the traditional addressable market for regional satellite internet is about 400,000 premises. This market might increase given Starlink’s offering, but as it stands, if Starlink was able to jump to 100,000 subscribers already, well, they really have no competition.
Cook Islands Competition and Regulatory Authority chair, Bernard Hill, said Starlink wanted to enter the Cook Islands "as soon as they can"....Vanuatu's telecommunication regulator was also working in collaboration with Starlink to get the company a licence to operate....In Vanuatu people are already using Starlink despite the company not being approved to operate. The country's telecommunication regulator earlier this month warned that any of the company's equipment brought into the country would be confiscated until it gets a licence.The regulator's competition and consumer affairs manager, Roger Jimmy, said people were using the service illegally. "We have a number of people who told us they're using Starlink and at the moment we're working closely with the customs department to inspect all of the equipment entering the country," Jimmy said. He said Starlink did not know how this could have happened. "They told us that they have no idea of what's going on or why people are bringing their devices to Vanuatu. It seems people possess this from either from New Zealand or Australia and bring it to Vanuatu."
Anglo-Eastern, one of the world’s largest shipmanagers, has made the biggest on the record investment in Starlink at sea to date.The Hong Kong-based manager has earmarked at least 200 installations of Elon Musk’s new satellite communication system across its fleet by year-end....“We quietly started our journey a year ago, when Starlink first announced its RV service. Once installed on several vessels, we knew immediately it was a game-changer,” said Torbjorn Dimblad, chief information officer of Anglo-Eastern. “Overnight, these ships became as connected as any office or home, affording the crew unprecedented access to friends and family while enabling an entirely new level of collaboration between ship and shore.”...“The elusive promise of the connected vessel has finally arrived,” a press release from Anglo-Eastern concluded.A host of cruise companies as well as Japan’s two largest shipping lines are among the early sign-ups to Starlink, which started marketing to maritime customers around nine months ago.
Starlink now offers a global roaming option for customers traveling to locations where connectivity has been unreliable or completely unavailable → https://starlink.com/roam
Unlimited high-speed, low-latency internet on an as-needed basis where service is available (penguins not included)
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Air Force is using commercial Starlink satellites to communicate with airmen dispersed across the vast Indo-Pacific, officials said this week at the home of U.S. Forces Japan.The 730th Air Mobility Squadron showed off one of three recently acquired Starlink terminals during a visit Monday by the Air Force Expeditionary Center’s commander, Maj. Gen. John Klein.
A Starlink terminal set up inside a C-130J Super Hercules airlifter at Yokota allowed Klein to video conference with an airman who was using a Starlink terminal on Diego Garcia, an island more than 5,000 miles away in the Indian Ocean.
“I was extremely impressed with the capability,” he told Stars and Stripes on Tuesday as he prepared to depart Yokota. “We are looking to give our units throughout the Pacific the ability to communicate with command-and-control entities. They are evolving to do that in support of agile combat employment.”
Starlink works with the Air Force’s secure internet routers used for secret communication, he said.The Air Force has its own satellite internet system called Hawkeye that’s a lot more expensive and slower, Flores added. A Hawkeye dish costs $250,000 and provides internet speeds of 4 megabytes per second, he said.
Meeting of Global Director SpaceX with Federal Minister of IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul HaqStarlink, a SpaceX company, has registered with SECP, paving the way for the fastest and cheapest satellite internet services in Pakistan, Aminul Haq.
Starlink is now available in Haiti →
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1638692986014900225QuoteStarlink is now available in Haiti →
After receiving approval from the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kominfo), Starlink has now provided internet access in Indonesian territory. Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers ( APJII ) Muhammad Arif revealed that internet service providers who are members of APJII can utilize Starlink as an internet backhaul network for their customers.Lukman Hakim Abd. Rauf as the CEO of Telkomsat, said that the collaboration with Starlink has increased Telkomsat's bandwidth capacity very significantly. "Telkomsat will not sell bandwidth to end-users . Telkomsat's target in providing services is to cellular operators and ISP companies. So we hope that Telkomsat can become an integral part of the business of APJII members in deploying telecommunications infrastructure in Indonesia," he concluded.
Starlink now available in Ecuador →
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1641207206518616066QuoteStarlink now available in Ecuador →
Starlink is now available in El Salvador →
Starlink is now available in more than 50 countries around the world!
Boats of all sizes can now get high-speed connectivity on waters all around the world, including lakes, seas, and oceans. New Starlink Maritime plans available → https://starlink.com/maritime
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1648471625841676288QuoteBoats of all sizes can now get high-speed connectivity on waters all around the world, including lakes, seas, and oceans. New Starlink Maritime plans available → https://starlink.com/maritime
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 04/19/2023 04:31 amhttps://twitter.com/spacex/status/1648471625841676288QuoteBoats of all sizes can now get high-speed connectivity on waters all around the world, including lakes, seas, and oceans. New Starlink Maritime plans available → https://starlink.com/maritimeWell this should make the small(er) boat people here happier, depending on the caps per price point.Has anyone drilled down to find the actual prices for service? The lead page says "as low as" $250 a month but does not mention speed or bandwidth cap with that.The $2500 equipment fee actually sounds rather reasonable for maritime gear. Disclaimer: I am not a boater, but have friends and family who do and I get to hear them complain about the expense of every thing that has to live salt water adjacent...
The installation team at Elcome have been frantically installing Starlink for our maritime customers worldwide and I wanted to share some photos of their work! The feedback from our customers has been extremely positive and demand has exceeded all expectations.
Azercosmos, SpaceX sign cooperation agreement09 May 2023 13:19Azercosmos, SpaceX sign cooperation agreementThe Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos OJSC) and the US SpaceX Corporation have signed a cooperation agreement, News.az reports.
Director of Elcome (one of the largest marine technology system integrators):QuoteThe installation team at Elcome have been frantically installing Starlink for our maritime customers worldwide and I wanted to share some photos of their work! The feedback from our customers has been extremely positive and demand has exceeded all expectations.https://twitter.com/jimmyg/status/1655739686072057856
