What's kind of crazy is the expected lifespan of an individual satellite in the 'full' 12k constellation is supposed to be 5 years so 6-7 satellites a day will reenter or just go offline and need to be replaced. Unless that 12000 number includes some in longer parking orbits they bring down into the ELEO service orbit that's a dedicated Starlink launch about once every week.
Yeah, it is crazy! Crazy more expensive and wasteful than installing land lines.
People in the developing world are not going to pay a high enough price to float this business. The vast majority of people in rich countries have cheaper and better internet already installed.
There are some things where satellite internet makes sense but I don't think Starlink [0] makes sense for a lot of home users. Industry and transportation it might make a good case for but it'll have to prop any consumer market up on the prices charged to business users.
[0] at the stated numbers at least, the final constellation will likely be much smaller than originally quoted Musk is familiar with embellishing and overpromising timelines.
