SpaceX "Starlink" now running to Boost Mobile.
■ It (Still) takes both AT&T, and T-Mobile's approval.
■ It will (Still) take 5-7 years for SpaceX "Starlink" to build a Fully-Functioning Cellular Network.
■ Satellite (Does Not) provide Indoor or Dense Population Coverage so still (Inferior).
☆ Musk still does (Not) have a clue.
@b4 Add Grok Bot, Musk recently throttled it down because the (Operational Costs) were too high.
@f4 If SpaceEX "Starlink" wants to utilize Boost Mobile they (Must) obtain permission from both AT&T, and T-Mobile; who (Currently) provides their Wireless Carrier Network.
■ Unless Musk purchases Boost Mobile, he still need to build his own Wireless Carrier Network.
@e0 Boost Mobile does no lease any cell network assets. Boost Mobile was created by Nextel and is an mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). "Boost Mobile is service provider that does not own the cellular network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers. An MVNO enters into a business agreement with a mobile network operator (MNO) to obtain bulk access to network services at wholesale rates, then sets retail prices independently." If you think Boost Mobile owns network assets or leases cell sites or fiber optic back-haul to cell sites then you need to tell the FCC this! I am an RF Engineer with VZW, worked for Nextel for 17 years and I helped create Boost Mobile with Tim Donahue. Boost Mobile was our project and we had to create capacity on metro sites as we brought Boost online. Myself and about 7 other people in Nextel were the ones that launched Boost Mobile on the network side. So please, I know all about Boost Mobile being that if it was not for myself and some others and Tim Donahue Boost would not exist.
@ah So Elon will be paying VZ to lease their fiber and take the problem customers off their hands too?
@dn Lease implies no ownership.
@ax NO Boost does not! Boost Mobile was created by Nextel, it owns no network at at all, never has and never will.
@ah NO they don't! Boost Mobile was created by Nextel, it owns no network at at all, never has and never will.
@b4 ■ Meant Cybertruck - Failure.
@OP Dan, I love your post. When do you have the time to get AI to write that up for you? Between layoffs and di-king around, man ...must be exhausting.
Keep it up man, we love some good humor... really !
When I think of Musk.
☆ I think Enron - Houston, TX (HQ) once a time.
■ Tesla - Great (Core) business (for now) and what made Musk's success, but when you look at everything else. Cybercab - Failure, his other business (SpaceX) has to buy them; because no one really wants them.
■ Robotaxi - After several years, a (Few) more on the road; now one more (1) market in Las Vegas. The original (Test) market was Austin, TX. Not exactly, a success; and not where Musk said it would be; by now.
■ Optimus Robot's - Complete failure, no one wants to buy them at $25,000.00 each. Other robots are much cheaper.
■ SpaceX - In progress, (Lofty) unrealistic goals such as the colonization of Mars (take a look at Mar's climate) that will (Never) happen; U.S. Taxpayer subsidized though for rocket launches; and satellite services.
■ SpaceX "Starlink" cellular service - AT&T, Verizon; and T-Mobile (Rejected) a partnership because of an (Inferior) service. Satellite cell service is (Not) available in buildings, and densely populated areas; like at Major sporting events. Now running to Boost Mobile. 5-7 years to build a Fully-Functioning network of their own.
☆ Enron, once a (Vastly) successful business (Failed) because they delved away from their (Core Business - Energy) as Musk is doing right now.
"Elon has no idea how hard it is to run a telco company" - Chris FLood
Hey Genius, my son in law worked as a comm tech for boost, they use a lot more companies than ATT and VZ, who ever is the local LEC or dark fiber provider with a good rate. All it would take is FCC approval and maybe 1 year most and they will flip it on, boost bought forced bandwidth from TMobile when the purchased Sprint, so they have equipment, bandwidth and equipment, a couple soft switches and some LPN build and they are on, if you believe different than u live in a bubble.
@OP The best part about this is Boost Mobile leases fiber infrastructure from VZ and ATT.
lol, yeah I’m sure he just spent all that money on spectrum without having a plan. You sound as delusional as some of our execs trying to discount the risk. Hes going to upend wireless connectivity.