Comment on The plan for nationwide fiber internet might be upended for Starlink

dumbpotato@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• RedPostItNote@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • dumbpotato@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Right. It’s way cheaper to connect cell towers than residents.

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    • calidris@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thing is, we already paid for connecting a majority residences. The corporations we paid just didn’t do it.

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      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They weren’t just paid, they were paid repeatedly and they repeatedly didn’t do it.

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    • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      it may be cheaper, but I fucking hate data caps.

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      • dumbpotato@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I use Visible which has unlimited data for $25/month.

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• Goretantath@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Username fits.

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