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Probably not, but satellites are not the only choice for connecting people to the internet. Sure, they win at the rule-of-cool contest, but traditional terrestr
by guhidalg 6y ago
Probably not, but satellites are not the only choice for connecting people to the internet. Sure, they win at the rule-of-cool contest, but traditional terrestrial copper and fiber optics (maybe with some RF backhaul for the really remote places) would have also worked without the complexity of launching spacecraft and building a network of ground stations.
- googlryas 6y agoAnd yet no one wants to or can pay for fiber optics going to all of the rural places that billions of people live. Maybe the astronomers who complain about starlink can start a fund where they pay to build out rural internet access for the few billion people who don't have access right now.