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by JumpCrisscross 263 days ago
> while you are right that there is a risk investing into physical infrastructure also applies to Starlink

Absolutely. It's why I think assuming the WACC of a highly-leveraged telecom (around 10%) is appropriate.

> this reduces the upfront infrastructure cost for fiber massively

Fibre makes sense where there is density. It's higher capacity and cheaper. That doesn't mean it makes sense everywhere. And a lot of that everywhere will pay a lot of money for connectivity.

The global telecom market generates trillions of dollars of annual revenue [1]. There is a lot of fruit for the picking.

[1] https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/global-t...