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• lnxtx@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Any alternatives to the Starlink?

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  • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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      • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What we really need to compete against Starlink’s network full of small satellites threatening a Kessler syndrome incident is a second network full of small satellites threatening s Kessler syndrome incident. And a third and a fourth.

        Or put fiber everywhere.

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    • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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