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Funny-Education2496 t1_iu494mr wrote

I'm all in favor of this, but the whole point of Starlink is to accomplish exactly this. Why not break off a piece of this grant and use it to contract Starlink to provide dishes to these regions.

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SurgicalWeedwacker t1_iu4dfnw wrote

Because Elon musk is petty enough to stop supporting Ukraine because zelensky won’t worship him. Also, satellites have some disadvantages like being destroyed by space debris

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parkedr t1_iu4ej39 wrote

I have Starlink at my house in the country and fiber at my house in the city and Starlink sucks hard in comparison. I’d much rather my tax money go towards fiber than lining Elon’s pockets.

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coffin420699 t1_iu4ty3d wrote

starlink is good for what it is, but it was never meant to be the champion of rural people. theres too many of em". we need to just run infrastructure to them and call it good for the next 50 years

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RayseBraize t1_iu614yr wrote

Until Elon gets pissy and turns off your internet lol

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coffin420699 t1_iu64hhy wrote

pretty weird future we live in right? weve just accepted that as something he will likely do

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andoryu123 t1_iu6mltn wrote

I am pretty sure US Rural areas was going to be one of the major backbones (other is US defense, and third world countries) to Starlink's business case. Wealthier US customers dispersed, not urban dense, and line of sight to satellites (think ground space) are the best customers.

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coffin420699 t1_iu7li22 wrote

youre not wrong, and im sure all the wealthiest people out there have it already..there wouldnt be enough space for everyone

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Tactical_Crabman t1_iu4bqim wrote

The whole system around infrastructure is super corrupt I expect maybe a 1/3 of it will actually go to building new lines

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