Koksny t1_j9drmau wrote on February 21, 2023 at 4:23 AM

Reply to comment by powerMiserOz in Starlink’s “Global Roaming” promises worldwide access for $200 a month by ethereal3xp

Not sure about that, the service price would have to decrease tenfold, to be even in range of shared community access in developing countries. Unfortunately not many retail customers in a developing country will be able to pay 100$+ a month for internet access.

Besides, most developing countries have surprisingly robust LTE/5G connectivity, since there was never opportunity to make a wired infrastructure, while services like mobile banking are extremely common.

powerMiserOz t1_j9dtxxl wrote on February 21, 2023 at 4:45 AM

Some do not all have 5G LTE. There are applications in private security and government in developing countries that don't even have functioning mobile networks yet (PNG springs to mind). But they do need network connected surveilance cameras across sites. Starlink is a good application of this.