If you are from another country and are about to start reading this article, I will tell you at the outset that many Argentinians would respond no given the high costs of the service and that its value is in dollars, but that is a short-term analysis that would someone who just plays it safe.
Personally, I see it as a great opportunity and more in the long term, this company provides a service that many others do not dare or intend to offer to monopolize the market, such as such a simple example of not offering drinking water to mountain sectors. because the installation costs are high and they would not obtain profits in the short term; “Starlink” is the complete opposite with this same example, offering internet in places that do not exist and adding the added bonus of being portable.
Current Providers
At the moment there are only two possible suppliers in Argentina of this type of service “Mercado Libre and Fravega”, the first has already put its equipment on sale with a very high price of almost 2000 dollars, which is obvious that no one is going to buy it and I am not saying this because of the price, but because many do their research before purchasing this type of service and abroad, in Mexico the standard service is around 200 dollars, plus a monthly fee of 70 to 100 dollars per month for 300Mb, which at this point It makes it expensive, but at that internet speed that they offer here in Argentina the price is the same monthly disguised as a discount plus taxes.
Let's make a comparison with respect to salaries of those people who would like to acquire this service, either individually or collectively in the case of reducing costs by paying among several.
An average and standard Argentine middle class salary is around 300,000 ARS or an equivalent of 300 dollars, while there are other cases that can be a remote programmer who earns at least 700,000 ARS to 1200,000 ARS 700 to 1,200 dollars per month.
At first let's assume that its initial price because it is beginning in Argentina is 750 dollars including the first payment, with the assumption that other providers will come to sell this internet service.
Let's calculate:
For the first case of having a monthly salary of 300 dollars, at least 4 salaries would be required so that one does not live a very tight month and then they would be minimum installments; 750/4 = 187.5 dollars per person. Then they would continue with installments of $80 a month in total.
This may sound exaggerated, but with exact data each person would allocate 62.5% of their salary in the first month of the service, but don't worry, if in Argentina we have lived with less for the month then we can benefit from paying about 20 dollars a month for the powerful internet service. that it offers.
For that part, I find it a little difficult for many to want to acquire it unless it can be paid in affordable installments.
In the second case, with higher salaries who can acquire the service in a single payment, I do not see many drawbacks, because to live moderately well in Argentina, 400,000 ARS are required, therefore, if a programmer who usually has the need to travel or A worker with a monthly salary of more than 700,000 ARS requires internet in very remote places. I would say that it is an expensive service to start with but is super accessible with respect to its monthly internet costs.
In short, it is a good long-term investment for those who live far from the city or travel constantly, while in the city at the moment I do not see it as very necessary for the current price.