[quantim]

I recall Elon talking about this a couple weeks ago thinking yet another thing us consumers have to pay for, AI data centers. Musk said something about energy usage was going to be provided by attached solar panels on the satellites.

Either way we are going to pay for it, either higher Internet bills for usage or the feds finance this project and pile it on the enormous national debt.

[Blennos]

Either way we are going to pay for it, either higher Internet bills for usage or the feds finance this project and pile it on the enormous national debt.

Your view is more pessimistic than mine. I see lower Internet monthly bills as the largest cost of the servers(electrical energy) will be provided by the satellites themselves.

And both Tesla and Musk have vast amounts of capitol available. 100s of billions. The upcoming SpaceX IPO would raise even more 100s of billions. I don't see the need for any taxpayer involvement in these projects. (And Musk has repaid all of the money loaned to his companies by the government -- with interest).

[SmokingJoe]

You are not going to pay for any of Elon’s satellites or data centers, same as you are not paying for them now.

[GranTorino]

It might be better then putting them on farmland, sucking up the local water supply and screwing up our electric bills.

[bigbob]

Nonsense.

You’ll pay for what you use. The proliferation of computing power will drive the cost down, not up.