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popekingjoe@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah. Increasingly reliable satellite internet really killed their bottom line over the last few years.

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  • lnxtx@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Any alternatives to the Starlink?

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    • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The other satellite players (Hughesnet, Viasat), the fixed 5G boxes (although places sufficiently rural to seriously consider dialup may not have 5G), probably some smaller boutique dialup ISPs.

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      • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I read months ago that Amazon was stepping into the game but I haven’t heard anything since then.

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      • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No one compares to Starlink unfortunately. It’s really that much better. Source: FiL has been on the beta since the first constellation went up.

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    • sylver_dragon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      While not the same thing, cellular internet is not bad these days. I’ve been on T-Mobile’s internet connection for a couple years and other than CGNAT making self-hosting harder, it’s been pretty solid. This is in a rural area where we got to choose between Cable or go get fucked for high speed internet for a long time.

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    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Kuiper and Guowang are currently launching satellites. It will probably be a few years before they are operational though.

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