The dream has always been there.
Work remotely on the bluff above the beach in Little Corn
First the stairway to the beach![]()
then the super fast internet connection
Then the cyber. I spent some time on Roatan 15 years ago.
Internet was $12 /hour
$99 a month is definitely affordable.
I pay $38 for a Tigo celluar router that is slow, with a small data cap.
We wind up using hotspots on our phones when we run out of data.
When the power goes out,, so does the internet.
The tower has no backup battery.
Sure, it's better in Managua.
But who wants to live in Managua ??
There are two, possibly three, limitations right now.
Starlink doesn't go that far south. Doesn't even reach LA yet.
The ground station that is tied to your receiver has to be within 500 miles.
Finally, Ortega is NOT going to like the lack of control that comes with an unfiltered internet.
None of the commies will. Remember the guy who was imprisoned for installing satellite dishes in Cuba ??
The ground station problem is supposed to be eliminated by a system of lasers talking among the satellites
This is serious StarWars shit,, needing a technological leap or two. Or three.
That ground station-less technology is at least a couple- three of years away,, as well as the Starlink arrival in Nicaragua.
If Musk pulls this off where others have tried and failed, the revenue will exponentially surpass that from his other ventures.
So far, he seems to be doing pretty well. He's not making any money , true
But there is no lack of people giving him the money to try
Then it will just be smuggling in the dish,, as FLY did many years ago to get his satellite internet up and running.
As I remember,, he cut it in half and glued it back together
The starlink dish is a lot smaller than that 6 foot monster of FYL's
And hiding it in a palm tree.
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