@kinther to TechnologyEnglish • edit-211 months agoGoogle and ATT invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone servicearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square17arrow-up1137arrow-down11
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minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish15•11 months agoI mean, if you want to guarantee that it’s not something you can rely on…
minus-square@robolemmylinkEnglish22•11 months agoGoogle will cancel the project in 18 months. AT&T will take over google’s part of it and promise never to raise rates but then they’ll add a new kind of fee every 2-3 months until you’re basically buying them a new satellite every month.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoAnd they use that satellite to expand in areas that aren’t yours.
I mean, if you want to guarantee that it’s not something you can rely on…
Google will cancel the project in 18 months. AT&T will take over google’s part of it and promise never to raise rates but then they’ll add a new kind of fee every 2-3 months until you’re basically buying them a new satellite every month.
And they use that satellite to expand in areas that aren’t yours.