@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 10 months agoStarlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidieswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up1494arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology[email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months ago Starlink is just extreme useless pollution for something that normal ISPs can achieve. If they could achieve it, Starlink simply wouldn’t exist.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoThat’s completely wrong, for the ISPs it usually isn’t worth achieving and is why the government should step in.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-210 months ago for the ISPs it usually isn’t worth achieving Yes that’s exactly my point and is why the government should step in. Okay but…they don’t. Starlink also covers the entire planet and all the oceans, which is simply not feasible with wires.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•10 months agoAnd also simply not necessary to have as many satellites as Starlink does needed to cover the ocean and the rare spots where wires can’t go.
minus-square@gaaellinkEnglish-2•10 months agoAnd we really need that 4K UHD porn to load faster on the hole planet, including the oceans.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoYou’re intentionally conflating high speed internet access with any internet access at all.
If they could achieve it, Starlink simply wouldn’t exist.
That’s completely wrong, for the ISPs it usually isn’t worth achieving and is why the government should step in.
Yes that’s exactly my point
Okay but…they don’t.
Starlink also covers the entire planet and all the oceans, which is simply not feasible with wires.
And also simply not necessary to have as many satellites as Starlink does needed to cover the ocean and the rare spots where wires can’t go.
And we really need that 4K UHD porn to load faster on the hole planet, including the oceans.
You’re intentionally conflating high speed internet access with any internet access at all.