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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TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 11 months agoYet 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.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 11 months ago
drkt@feddit.dk 11 months ago
Demand more of your local government instead of pulling the privilege card.
netburnr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The government keeps giving money to traditionally ISPs to expand broadband and they simply lie and say they did to take the money. It’s private industry fucking us just as much.
drkt@feddit.dk 11 months ago
I’m not disagreeing, but who can stand up against corporate bullying? The government. Make the government do it. The corporate world gets away with it because the politicians turn a blind eye because they’re not held accountable because not enough people stand together. People have bled for the rights that “privileged” people have, it didn’t come free.
Oderus@lemmy.world 11 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.
Bo7a@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
But I can build my own power and water infra. And I have. I can’t build my own connection to the internet, which I need to have in order to make money to do the rest of what it takes to live.
Oderus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What’s your point?
Bo7a@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
That starlink solves the remaining piece of missing infra that a normal person needs, regardless of the choice to live in a city or not. Even if the CEO is a blight on our species.
Bo7a@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I would not be able to live where I am without starlink. There isn’t even cell signal for 14 km…