Starlink is finally at break even cash flow

[Wayne]

I read today that Starlink is venturing into the area of positive cash flow. We use the service when traveling and find it to be very good during the day and just ok during evening TV hours. I'm sure Starlink will be around for years to come and will get better as they add more satellites. They just need to stop burning satellites so fast!

 

[ctechbob]

Are they still going to be positive since the FCC just nuked their 900mil subsidy?

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/us-agency-will-not-reinstate-900-mln-subsidy-spacex-starlink-unit-2023-12-13/

EM maybe shouldn't have overpromised on that one. Hope it doesn't bite the people that are already up and running on the system.

Of all the things he's done, this is the one that I really want to work. I have family that are super rural that could use a decent internet connection.

 

[Wayne]

I think Starlink will be fine. They have a huge subscriber base and it's growing. Their business products are expensive and provide a ton of cash flow.

 

[ctechbob]

I should add.

Although I like the idea of Starlink and the other competitors, I'm seriously concerned with the amount of stuff they're putting up there. Yea, space is big, but it won't take much to put it off-limits to us.

See: Kessler Syndrome

Kessler syndrome - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Wayne]

Kessler Syndrome

Yeah, the US, China, and Russia have each shot down one of their own satellites in tests and there was one head-on collision of two satellites (accidental). This created tons of debris, which could be up there for decades or centuries.