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by irjustin 1961 days ago
I can imagine this is only in the beginning. As more sats go up ships can easily be a lot of customers.
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Would you like to upgrade to the roaming plan for $99.99?
Shut up and take my money!

Seriously I have sites running 5 figure data bills every week.

Any sort of commercial fishing or shipping vessel would pay for that without hesitation.
It's pretty cheap for the speed if they (starlink) cover a vast space of oceans.
i'd pay for that if i really needed it.
It has to change or it cannot be used by airplanes, which surely is a prime target for Starlink.