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Every business or municipality which has tried to go against the corrupt titans and their legion of lobbyists and bought-and-paid for congresspeople have failed
by criley2 7y ago
Every business or municipality which has tried to go against the corrupt titans and their legion of lobbyists and bought-and-paid for congresspeople have failed at this.
Musk may have the technical ability here, but he does not possess the political ability.
Inversely, Bernie wants to get the political ability, but will not have the technical ability.
Just because Musk has starlink doesn't mean Congress won't pass a law that cleverly neuters his project in the United States to ensure that established monopolies and duopolies aren't hurt. It doesn't mean that former employees of broadband companies who fully control the regulators won't intervene on behalf of their former (and future) employer.
It's not as simple as flick a switch and turn it on, these services are heavily regulated and as we see with the current american government, it's very easy for corporations like Comcast to get former high level employees like Ajit Pai put into charge of the entire regulatory scheme, with vast power to protect established corporate interests and destroy all competition be it business or local government.
I would go so far as to say that if Donald Trump is re-elected and the regulatory capture of the FCC continues, Musk is doomed to failure. Comcast, Verizon et al has pwned the FCC, and currently the federal broadband regulators exist as a tool to protect corporate interests.
- jon_richards 7y agoWhere are you seeing 500ms latency? The whole point of starlink is to be in low earth orbit, where latency is in the low tens.