On: Setting up Starlink

[japanuspus]

$500 is pretty much free for this equipment. Production price is currently around $3000 according to SpaceX president Gwyneth Shotwell [0].

[0]: https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1379457265435078665

[coder543 → japanuspus]

That tweet says <$1500. ("less than half the original $3000")

33% of the manufacturing cost isn't nearly free, in my opinion, but it is definitely a loss leader product.

[londons_explore → japanuspus]

Since the antenna can't be used for anything other than receiving starlink service, it isn't really logical not to consider the cost as "$500 + $100/month forever"