Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink

Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No, please no

  We don’t need thousands of satellites to provide internet, the entire idea and design of Starlink is utterly stupid.

  I can look up at the sky not and see stars and… Those fucking star link satellites.

  We’re already close enough to a Kessler effect scenario without adding thousands of satellites, and with governments world wide now ready to just shoot satellites (seriously, can everyone please stop voting for dumb fucks while we’re at it?) can we please PLEASE stop this?

  Just use fiber internet or where not possible, use geostationary satellites. We don’t need semi low latency everywhere

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  • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There are areas of the planet where there is no signal or fibre. Clearly you and I are not in one of these dead spots but they do exist.

    Just something to think about before you run around talking down with privilege of where you’re speaking about it.

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    • Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If they have electricity, than fiber is practical. For the tiny few that don’t, fine. But even then, for the billions invested in launching these satellite clusters, it just might be cheaper to build a handful of crazy long terrestrial microwave links.

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    • ubergeek@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There are areas of the planet where there is no signal or fibre.

      So, we should take the billions per train launch, and install microwave backhauls and cellular service to cover those dead zones.

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• queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Kessler syndrome here we come!

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  • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok then You Go yell at musk about it.

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    • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Why? That won’t accomplish much.

      I just want people to know we are Fucked. This stupid fucking satellite Internet race is going to destroy Earth’s orbital infrastructure.

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      • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh hell no. Fuck off with this won’t stand up to the bully but will stand on everyone else you think you can bully bullshit.

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• sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Telsat Lightspeed, from the Canadian company that invented commercial domestic satellite communications in 1971.

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