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Do people not understand that satellite internet already exists today? We don't drop satellite modems into war torn countries now, and we're not going to start
by gamblor956 6y ago
Do people not understand that satellite internet already exists today?
We don't drop satellite modems into war torn countries now, and we're not going to start doing that just because Elon Musk needs to check off one of his PR claims.
- jedberg 6y agoThey're really expensive and big. Also, we actually do sometimes drop satellite internet into places.
- gamblor956 6y agoUnless the pictures on Google are wrong, a Starlink base station is significantly larger than a satellite phone and is at least as large as a field base station. And at $2000/pop, they're at least as expensive as the equipment we're currently not randomly dropping around the globe because of the expense.