Starry Group T-Shirt - Wireless Internet Industry Bankrupt Logo Tee
Wear a piece of fixed wireless internet history. Starry was a fixed wireless internet provider deploying point-to-multipoint wireless broadband to deliver high-speed internet service to apartment buildings and urban areas. The company promised to disrupt cable and fiber internet monopolies using millimeter wave wireless technology to beam gigabit internet to multi-dwelling units, offering an alternative to traditional ISPs without expensive fiber installations.
Despite innovative wireless technology and expansion to multiple cities, Starry faced insurmountable challenges in the competitive ISP market. The capital-intensive nature of building wireless network infrastructure requiring continuous funding, difficulties achieving profitability as subscriber acquisition costs and network buildout expenses exceeded revenue, intense competition from entrenched cable companies like Comcast and fiber providers, challenges scaling beyond multi-dwelling units to reach sufficient customers, rising interest rates making capital raising increasingly difficult, and mounting losses exceeding $500 million created an impossible financial situation. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2023 after burning through funding without achieving sustainable unit economics.
This tee features the Starry Group logo with a distressed, cracked vintage aesthetic that marks this fixed wireless ISP's failure.
Product Features:
- Premium Gildan 5000 heavy cotton (5.3 oz, 100% preshrunk cotton)
- Classic unisex fit, available in sizes S-5XL
- Multiple popular colors available
- Front-printed logo with vintage distressed design
- Blank back
- Tear-away label for comfort
- Advanced direct-to-garment printing for lasting quality
Perfect for ISP industry observers, wireless technology enthusiasts, broadband access advocates, or apartment dwellers who briefly enjoyed Starry's cable-alternative internet service.