You gotta have the hardware right?
Isn't this then just ... kinda a normal "free 30 days" offer?
This seems not far from handing out free AOL disks, except you also need some added hardware?
Isn't this then just ... kinda a normal "free 30 days" offer?
This seems not far from handing out free AOL disks, except you also need some added hardware?
Wherein good samaritans are bringing hardware into the affected areas and having trouble/ delays using gift cards to get the accounts online and in service
Not too surprising, seen that, must be a fraud thing.
No.
Ordering this costs $320 and takes 1-2 weeks. They even charge for shipping and handling.
By the time you get this, internet and cell service will most likely be re-established. I live 20 miles outside of Asheville, this is basically profiteering off a disaster imo.
Much easier for the richest man on Earth to simply install a hundred base stations himself. Instead, people who just had their lives washed away need to pay his company 300 bucks.
I follow a half dozen accounts in the area, and they're all donating a lot.
Here is one, for example. Ignore the politics and just scroll through the Starlink posts -
Here's another that claims Starlink drove the units straight out. Unclear if they were free or not.
As for the number, it's happening fast and I only happened to follow a few, so don't even want to provide a guess. More than 100 units just in what I've come across in the last week. Pinning down an exact number is likely impossible.
FEMA claims to have set up 40 units.
I was satisfied with the other person's response.
Dishes and service paid in full for by FEMA, organizations and individuals.
Some people have dishes and are having trouble signing up for service, usually new Starlink dishes have an hour of free service. Now that's 30 days.
If you already have a dish and you turn it on it will just work. No sign up, no accounts
Some folks wanted to stock up, but couldn't. [1] Storm was near the end of the month, people were waiting for their paycheck, and so just had no money to buy supplies, let alone a starlink kit or the service.
[1] source: I have family in the Asheville area. I hope to be with and helping them soon.