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SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million(arstechnica.com)

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SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million::Starlink has a fraction of the projected $12B revenue and 20M users, WSJ says.

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CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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My coworkers mom signed up for it about 1.5 years ago and got connected about a year ago in rural WA. Are you sure you’re still on the list?

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Yeah, they were notified they’ll have the chance soon. I think it depends on your area. As I understand it, they were being very limited with accepting users as they continue to expand capacity.

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They dosh them out to more profitable areas first, or areas with more open slots.

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