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The current bottleneck to broadband access isn't the fiber backhaul, it's last mile delivery. That part is expensive and labor intensive. Solutions like LEO sa

The current bottleneck to broadband access isn't the fiber backhaul, it's last mile delivery. That part is expensive and labor intensive. Solutions like LEO satellites and 5G wireless internet allow broadband access to be more quickly expanded to places where it's not feasible or profitable for companies to lay hundreds of miles of cables to each individual home. If you frame your comment as "My astronomy hobby is more important than internet access to all", it doesn't sound as great.

sprash 7y ago
> The current bottleneck to broadband access isn't the fiber backhaul, it's last mile delivery. The "last mile delivery" problem is easily covered with 4G/LTE already. High licensing cost of spectral bandwidth are more relevant than labor costs at this point. A pure political problem. > If you frame your comment as "My astronomy hobby is more important than internet access to all", it doesn't sound as great. If you frame your comment as "A filthy rich[1] billionaire getting even richer is more important than a clear night sky and litter free LEO", it doesn't sound so great. And by the way "hobby" astronomers make much more contributions than you are obviously aware of. E.g. Earth endangering asteroids will most likely be detected by hobbyists because looking in many directions with weak telescopes will have success with higher likelihood than a single specific scientific survey catching anything accidentally. 1.: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/cash-strapped-elon-musk-buying-entire-neighborhoods-los-angeles https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/cash-strapped-elon-musk-buy...