While Australia will always be a huge country to travel in, technology is continuing to make the Big Lap seem an awful lot smaller … and that pattern is continuing apace.
The dream of many grey nomads to be able to be in constant – and affordable – contact with the ‘outside world’, no matter how remote their adventure, is suddenly very much a reality.
While the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, may be having his fair share of issues with his recent Twitter acquisition, long-term travellers the world over will be having few complaints about the direction his Starlink satellite internet service is taking.
The company recently launched a Starlink RV service which enables the likes of grey nomads with the Starlink hardware to access high-speed internet in the remotest of areas.
Starlink satellite services could transform many grey nomad Big Laps.
SpaceX’s satellite constellation of nearly thousands of satellites can beam internet across the globe … and that now seems to allow it to offer coverage across the entire Australian continent.
And a couple of other things have changed in recent days to get travellers even more excited. Until the end of this year, the company says it is more than halving the price of its hardware to Australian customers … A$450, as opposed to the usual A$924.
According to the company’s website, there is then a monthly charge of A$174, although the Starlink for RVs service can apparently be paused and un-paused, allowing users to customise their service to their individual travel needs.
The other big news from Starlink is that it has also developed a technology that will allow travellers to access their internet services while they are literally on the road, as well as when they are set up at camp.
It says the new Flat High Performance Starlink option will enable users to enjoy highspeed, low-latency internet while their vehicle is actually in motion.
While these changes may or may not be enough to persuade large numbers of grey nomads to splash out on the Starlink services now, there is no doubt that this sort of technology is advancing ever faster, and becoming ever more accessible. And sooner or later that will have consequences for all Big Laps.
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Great news the hardware cost has been cut in half, however the monthly on going fees are out of many customers price range