There are already over 100,000 subscribers to the Starlink beta program, paying $100 a month fees to SpaceX, after paying $500 for the satellite dish when they first sign up.
And there are another 500,000 eager future subscribers who have paid $100 to SpaceX to register, awaiting when the service will go live in their localities.
So far, user experience has been great as hundreds of YouTube videos from users will testify.
but with the current failure rate
Failure rate of what?
there is some risk involved with the shear amount of space debris finding its way into low orbit and traveling at thousands of miles an hour and creating a very risky space two or three hundred mile above the earth that could impede future projects and make them
So far, no SpaceX satellite has collided with any satellite from any other company or country. The SpaceX satellites have in built collision avoidance technology. This is impressive because SpaceX accounts for a pretty high percentage (about 33%) of all active satellites in orbit.
Oh please! As probably the leading SpaceX expert on the forum you are well aware of exactly what is being discussed. The failure rate of satellites launched into orbit by SpaceX for Starlink was initially approximately 5% then dropped to 3% and around 2.5%. The problem is that with the number of satellites now in the constellation and those planned this represents approximately 1000 additional satellites that will be in orbit with no control and unable to deorbit themselves. When you add this to the approximately 3000 other satellites in orbit who no longer can be controlled this is starting to become a big problem. And when these uncontrollable satellites inevitably collide it will lead to even more debris.
As you are well aware Starlink satelites weigh approximately 500 pounds and orbit the earth approximately every 90 minutes which means that they are traveling at approximately 17,000 mph or 20 to 25 times faster than a bullet as it exits a 45 caliber hand gun. 500 pounds at that speed represents an unbelievably destructive amount of kinetic energy.
Fortunately when these things are able to be deorbited the friction created by traveling through the atmosphere causes all but the biggest chunks to burn up and mostly cause little to no damage.