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by marc__1
1954 days ago
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The potential user base is massive once you move away from the urban centers in the developed world. Take a look at Lagos, Nigeria. Population is ~15m for ~80k towers. Only 1.4k (1.7%) of them are 4G LTE with the remaining either 3G or CDMA. Or the State of Sao Paulo, in Brazil (home of 22% of Brazil's population and 33% of the country's GDP). Approximately 573k towers, 76k of which are 4G For comparison, the greater Boston area has ~107k towers and 58k are 4G. |
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Isn't the solution for Lagos just to build better infrastructure? Monetizing large and poor urban centers with satellites doesn't make too much sense to me. I thought Starlink was for rural areas where cable isn't feasible. I would imagine most consumers there can't afford an American broadband service and Starlink doesn't want to use its bandwidth for customers paying highly discounted rates.