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Most people don't live in the states, many places don't get sun coverage and those that do are too poor to invest on solar or maintain it, there's better ways t
by brosinante 7y ago
Most people don't live in the states, many places don't get sun coverage and those that do are too poor to invest on solar or maintain it, there's better ways to get internet besides orbiting routers, what's "true freedom" and why is a career required to have it.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago> Most people don't live in the states, The thread I replied to referenced American housing so I chose that perspective both in terms of location and financial status. > there's better ways to get internet besides orbiting routers Carriers refuse to put up towers in low populated areas that won't make money. Utility companies and ISPs will not run fiber for the same reasons. Current satellite providers only offer geo-sat orbit and only have a couple satellites. This adds up to terrible latency and god awful bandwidth limits. Starlink on the other hand has a potential to be faster than fiber in some scenarios. Haven't heard from Loon. Facebook gave up. What's the way you suggest? Honestly satellites sound the most practical of those lol.
- vangelis 7y agoISPs won't run fiber even when we give them money hand over fist to do it.