Comment on SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million

• jonne@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, that’s expensive for something that is really only useful for people that live entirely off grid. And those people are usually broke too.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was willing to pay you to a hundred not to have a contract.

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    • ripcord@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I'll also give you no contract if you want to pay me too.

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• debounced@kbin.run ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yep, find a cheapo 5g modem with an ethernet port that's capable of being given an identity crisis from the usual sources and you'll be golden...ask me how I know. We ain't got shit out where I am other than garbage DSL, but decent 5g coverage from the big 3 surprisingly.

  Starlink only serves a purpose in truly rural or remote areas where, unsurprisingly, they'll make no money. The number of people I see using it as a backup connection or aggregate it with terrestrial cable or fiber connections is obscene... and a waste of money imo.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not “rural” but oddly in a new subdivision that doesn’t have a lot of access yet.

    I went with the mobile 5g. 50 bucks a month. I’d say it’s great 95% of the time. I video conference just fine.

    Only thing that doesn’t work great is my Plex.

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    • Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What kind of upstream throughput are you getting?

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For 5g? About 20. My other end is 1 gig fiber. I get about 250 down on 5g

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