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Comment on The plan for nationwide fiber internet might be upended for Starlink
dumbpotato@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
Satellite and wired internet are not the future.
The future is to just use our phones and cell towers.
Goretantath@lemm.ee 1 month ago
RedPostItNote@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hi, I’m someone working on the rural fiber expansions. Those are what we use to feed the cell towers. You don’t want to rely on microwave or what else have you.
dumbpotato@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
Right. It’s way cheaper to connect cell towers than residents.
calidris@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Thing is, we already paid for connecting a majority residences. The corporations we paid just didn’t do it.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They weren’t just paid, they were paid repeatedly and they repeatedly didn’t do it.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 month ago
80% of the USA lives within urban areas (source). Urban “fiberization” is absolutely within reach.
Agree that running fiber out to very remote areas is tricky, but even then it’s probably not prohibitive for all but the most remote locations.
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
it may be cheaper, but I fucking hate data caps.
dumbpotato@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
I use Visible which has unlimited data for $25/month.