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Elon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand” (www.yahoo.com)

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What makes sense is the quality of service offered at the price point. There's a reason why Starlink outcompeted Hughes so badly.

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[–] SparroHawc@piefed.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, but as this article points out, the price point is a lie.

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 months ago*

The price point has been very much true, it is just early on the enshittification curve.

With these price hikes, we'll see.

My point was that Hughes was really bad.

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