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by fallingbananna 13 days ago
I don't know who else is launching satellites, but many airlines do offer wifi, often via partnerships with telco companies. It's just expensive and slow.

So the only moat I see (as a layman) is the speed and capacity. The one flight that I was on that had Starlink, had better internet during the flight, than most airports have on the ground.

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> The one flight that I was on that had Starlink, had better internet during the flight, than most airports have on the ground.

When it comes to internet, this IS the moat.

Passengers who want en route internet will demand it. The cost won't matter because that will be expensed. They will want the performance.