Not everyone can afford $1000 to start up Starlink and then pay $130+ per month. That may be an option for some, but certainly not the majority.

If 100% of a town was covered by a single company with data caps, those that are crying from hitting 1.2 TB/month will not be enough for a competitor to come in and build on top. A TB/mo now is extremely high - In May 2023 we had 4 customers that exceeded that (all 4 of these customers mentioned are subscribed to <25 mbps plans; we offer gig ftth).

On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 4:22 PM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:

On 6/16/23 22:16, Michael Thomas wrote:

> Won't Starlink and other LEO configurations be that backstop sooner
> rather than later? I don't know if they have caps as well, but even if
> they do they could compete with their caps.

Maybe. I really haven't paid any attention to Starlink, although there
are credible reports of folk testing it here in South Africa's urban
centres.

I have not heard of any mention of Starlink having caps as part of their
service. Having said that, for services like this, things change as the
number of customers using them rises.

Mark.