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

• JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    lol. I thought those commas were decimals for a second. Wow.

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  • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d rather have fiber, too. But until it’s available here, this is the next best thing.

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    • Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You lack individual choice by design. You should choose whatever is best for you, obviously, but you can be pissed there’s no fiber running alongside your electricity service.

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• ubergeek@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So, not 4x, but 2x.

  BTW, did you know HughesNet is cheaper, and works just as well. Or, it will work just as well once Starlink reaches the saturation HughesNet faces.

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  • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Physics says otherwise.

    Geostationary orbit, which is where hughesnet satellites are, is approximately 22 THOUSAND miles away.

    That’s a round trip of 44 thousand miles.

    That’s a long time of 236ms just for the satellite connection, before any other connections are added in.

    That’s worse than my dialup latency was.

    Meanwhile, my Starlink ping averages less than 30ms, because these satellites are MUCH MUCH closer.

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    • ubergeek@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wonder how your starlink will work once it reaches it’s peak market saturation?

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      • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s cute that you’re worried about me. But it’s still better than whatever else is currently available at my house.

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