Comment on Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies

deletes_their_posts@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s not a scam. Satellite internet was extremely expensive and slow last time I checked a few years before starlink. Yeah , musk is garbage but starlink is actually helping a lot of people worldwide.

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    • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The FCC decision sounds like a good thing in this case, because Starlink isn’t being managed responsibly

      The technology itself is cool, and I hope some other companies can build off that work to meet that need. There are a lot of existing companies that take advantage of those living in rural areas, many of which don’t have other options or much disposable income

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    • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Starlink is currently the only internet functioning for the Ukrainian army.

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    • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ITAR…go look it up. And the UA still uses it for good and so does everyone there, they just cannot use it as a direct weapon. Get off the musk hate dick… it’s clouding you and apparently a bunch of people’s judgement.

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      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Like most people on the Internet they don’t want to hear about laws that cause outcomes different than what they want. The Musk hate over UA and StarLink is just another example of it. ITAR has been around a long time and for DAMN good reasons.

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  • Scrof@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s probably the most wasteful way of providing internet imaginable since they have to send satellites up by the dozen every year for them to burn in the atmosphere only several years lates.

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    • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yet many towns where I live saw broadband, yes, broadband, not fiber, for the first time in their life thanks to Starlink. It’s easy to talk when coming from a place of privilege.

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      • Bo7a@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I would not be able to live where I am without starlink. There isn’t even cell signal for 14 km…

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      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That is NOT a win of starlink but a failure of regular infrastructure. Companies were paid BILLIONS years ago to expand broadband and they didn’t, and faced zero repercussions because politicians and executives work for the same team.

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      • drkt@feddit.dk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Demand more of your local government instead of pulling the privilege card.

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      • Oderus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s it really a privilege to live in a city? Sounds more like a choice than privilege. Your choice has consequences and the further you live from the other people, the more problems you’ll have with certain infrastructure like water, power, internet.

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    • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If ISPs weren’t greedy bastards that don’t care the slightest about their users and gave everyone fiber then yeah, it’s wasteful. Sadly, for a lot of people in rural and inaccessible areas and on sea, it’s the only way to access internet.

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  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh no! It’s expensive! Wait. Isn’t he the chairman of a vertically integrated space shuttle and satellite international conglomerate? Why are Americans footing the bill for any of this?

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    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You might go back and reread the comment you replied to. They stated that legacy satellite internet was expensive to the tune of $200/mo for 2mbps speeds and a 20GB monthly data cap.

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  • theodewere@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    it absolutely is a scam.. you WANT it to not be a scam, but you are incorrect..

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    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think it's the other way around...you WANT everything he touches to be a scam.

      I don't like the guy either, but Starlink is a real, actual product that tons of people are using just fine right now.

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      • theodewere@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        by trying to go with "i know you are but what am i", you just prove how childish your belief in him is

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    • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why would I want it to not be a scam ? I don’t even use it. Years ago, I heard about internet satellite and got curious, so I searched a bit about it and found out it was really expensive. I don’t remember exactly but it was more or less in the 100s of dollars monthly for an abysmal speed like " up to 8mb" or something.

      If anyone used internet satellite a few years before starlink was launched please correct me if I am wrong.

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      • Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re not far off, my parents have a 5gb data cap, about 1-2mbps down, and pings in the 500s.

        I don’t know how much they’re charged, but Starlink is cheaper and better in all aspects

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      • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Huges internet has categorically been a fucking robbery scheme since inception.

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  • IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But he can pay for it.

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