How much does it cost to install on my private jet? Or is it a case of if I have to ask, I don't have a private jet?
$150,000.
That’s just the equipment cost.
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#92How much does it cost to install on my private jet? Or is it a case of if I have to ask, I don't have a private jet?
You can buy a beatdown Cessna for $20,000 and get this one installed for $150,000. Although you'd still probably use cell towers for your phone but this is a good flex.
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#93I hope this means there's free WiFi on flights in the future.
I got free wifi about a month ago on jet blue!
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#96It would be nice if Starlink could honour their existing obligations as a priority first. I have reserved Starlink here in Canada nearly two years ago and received an email advising it's now been pushed to summer 2023. That's three years of waiting. I was also emailed last year advising the monthly cost has increased and so has the dish itself. Shouldn't providing down payment legally guarantee to buy a service at or…
> Shouldn't providing down payment legally guarantee to buy a service at original said price?
Why would it? What does your contract say? It sounds like you just gave a company your money and got nothing legally binding in exchange. Don't do that.
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you similiarly object when they turn to the family member in the next seat over and hold a conversation?
Human ears have much better dynamic range than whatever crappy microphones are built into phones. Thus, when people are sitting next to each other in a public space, they can typically whisper, or talk just above the noise floor. This is as opposed to phones, which posses an uncanny ability to cause people to yell at the top of their lungs.
While that may be true about dynamic range, I don't think that's the reason.
There is no feedback whether they are talking too quietly or too loudly.
My phone will pick up my voice if I whisper as well as if I yell, and the person on the other end will be able to hear either just fine. People just have a hunk of metal that they hold up to the side of their face (not really in front of their mouth), so they think they need to compensate.
If the TV ads for phones showed people whispering into their phone and advertising how good the microphones and noise canceling is, then we might not have this problem, but they don't.
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#98Looks like a very competitive product, assuming pricing is reasonable. It's interesting that they are rolling in the warranty cost with the monthly subscription. First time I've seen that. It will be great for aircraft owners looking to have a full featured internet experience in flight. Though the downside is that it will likely have priority when roaming into any cell, thus degrading service for ordinary ground bas…
Most of the time a plane is over farm fields or water. Highest demand for normal starlink is in cities. Not gonna be flying over NYC w this. Kind of a good fit I would think in terms of utilization.
there are simply more people to demand any product in cities, so that’s not too surprising
you also have the effect of cities sometimes being tied to a single sub-par ISP… many are willing to pay for any alternative
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#99Low latency for Video Calls? Sure, great on private charter jets where it’s you or a couple of people who know each other. Also, generally in favour of the march of technology, so I love this. Do Not Ever want on a flight where I’m sitting beside some random ass stranger who will chat or video chat to whoever at the top of their voice while I’m trying to relax.
For the low price is just $89, you can sit in a seat in the quiet section.
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#100Once upon a time, all plane transmissions were pretty much air to ground. As inconsequential as it may seem, the positioning of antennas above the plane are a bit metaphoric for flipping things up side down. Looking out into space instead of back to earth.
Also notable that SpaceX keeps finding these cool (revenue generating) use cases to further cheapen the cost of sending things up to space. Pretty much dogfooding their rockets via Starlink satellites.
Edited with correction that most inflight wifi is actually air to space now.