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

• 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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  • deletes_their_posts@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • SaltySalamander@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      *billions

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      • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yep almost a trillion dollars. Was 900 billion something.

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    • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We share your pain in Canada with our telecom companies

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      • Oderus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        By competition surely you meant oligarchy.

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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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    • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can’t stand the guy either, but there are way more valid reasons to hate on him than what people love to bitch about.

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