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We paid operators huge sums of money to build fiber internet across the US, but they kept the money instead. Now we're trying with satellites. The whole astron
by nikanj 6y ago
We paid operators huge sums of money to build fiber internet across the US, but they kept the money instead. Now we're trying with satellites.
The whole astronomy problem could be solved if FCC had teeth and forced us to get the fiber connections we already paid for
- gpm 6y agoFiber never solves the problem of internet on a ship, or plane, or tank. It never economically solves the problem of internet in the middle of nowhere. If the FCC had teeth the US would have internet going up to the "edge" of nowhere (for some definitions of the boundary), but there are always limits. Satellites nicely complement that by working best in non-dense areas.
- lutorm 6y agoTo my knowledge no one's paying SpaceX to do Starlink at this point in time.