[JumpCrisscross]

> In what way would Starlink have any less access to AWS?

It’s a distribution advantage.

To sign up a new customer, Starlink has to...sign up a new customer. Contracts, configuration, payment details, integration. Kuiper, on the other hand, has to get them to click a button on a dashboard.

[apendleton]

But in either case you need to acquire and mount a physical doodad to your house (or vehicle or office or whatever), right? Entering a credit card number again seems comparatively inconsequential in either case.

[count]

AWS Downlink between regions for higher cost but lower latency global xfer? It might not all be cloud->office, but maybe intra-cloud.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Entering a credit card number again seems comparatively inconsequential in either case

For an individual, probably. For an enterprise, skipping new vendor procurement is a material advantage. I don't think it's a decisive one. But it's an advantage nonetheless.

[almost_usual]

Kuiper also needs to figure out how to actually launch to space.

I think Starlink can figure out their onboarding customer experience faster than that happens..

[verdverm]

Name, email, address. The form is on their site and they had to ask the FCC for 5x base station licenses after they put this up. I doubt they have to figure out much.

[verdverm]

Starlink has probably 1M+ customers lined up. Their base station will be plug-n-play, no technicians needed. Plug in, point at sky, order independent.