jon1
ULTIMATE Member
I'm back with another case study from a UK starlink reseller, this one seems a lot more practical to me
The cost of deploying starlink on a train; let's say in a bulk deal they get the equipment for circa £250/train and £100 a month in service costs, and it costs £750 per train to deploy it (this could be a gross under or over estimate, I'm not really sure)
Atleast in service cost, it is pretty close to what I imagine most train companies already pay for LTE SIMs on a business plan, but where I see the real cost savings is the cost of mobile phone companies to deploy phone coverage, often where nobody other than train passengers need it and only connect to the cell site for brief minutes or even seconds, surely it would be more practical to use Starlink or OneWeb (if it gets close to the level of service) in these situations?
This is already deployed somewhere - https://api.starlink.com/public-files/Brightline.pdf
The cost of deploying starlink on a train; let's say in a bulk deal they get the equipment for circa £250/train and £100 a month in service costs, and it costs £750 per train to deploy it (this could be a gross under or over estimate, I'm not really sure)
Atleast in service cost, it is pretty close to what I imagine most train companies already pay for LTE SIMs on a business plan, but where I see the real cost savings is the cost of mobile phone companies to deploy phone coverage, often where nobody other than train passengers need it and only connect to the cell site for brief minutes or even seconds, surely it would be more practical to use Starlink or OneWeb (if it gets close to the level of service) in these situations?
This is already deployed somewhere - https://api.starlink.com/public-files/Brightline.pdf























