David Pierce

You can get satellite messaging and satellite calls as a sort of emergency tool.

I think that's great.

Totally get why that exists.

I also understand why better plain Wi-Fi is a good and valuable idea that should exist.

And I support there being satellites in space to make that better.

Beyond that, it seems like every experience we have had with satellite internet so far suggests that it is really useful to people in places that are otherwise inaccessible to broadband internet, right?

Very rural places, places that companies have historically not been willing to dig trenches to lay fiber.

Again...

Really good, really valuable thing.

I just don't totally understand why a company like Amazon is willing to invest this much time and energy in even the combination of those things, which seems relatively small to me.

Like, am I missing some big, huge satellite Internet vision here?

Can I give you a cynical answer and then like a thoughtful answer?

Yeah.

Go cynical.

Cynical answer is that Jeff Bezos has a rocket company and he needs a customer.

Okay.

Fair.

Sure.

You got to put something into space.

Just like Starlink is basically SpaceX's biggest customer, there's some reporting, I believe, in information, you know, we're awaiting the SpaceX IPO and...