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Cities see Starlink as a reason they shouldn't invest in conduit and fiber, in case wireline proves to be an obsolete technology. None of the legislation curren
by scotuswroteus 5y ago
Cities see Starlink as a reason they shouldn't invest in conduit and fiber, in case wireline proves to be an obsolete technology. None of the legislation currently on offer achieves what we need as a country, which is to collectively tear up our streets and connect every home and business with gig fiber as a utility. We'll never get there. This country will always have shitty internet.
- nosmokewhereiam 5y agoRF.
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- tzs 5y agoStarlink will not have enough aggregate bandwidth, even when the full constellation is deployed, to be a factor when it comes to city planning for broadband.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoPeople keep peddling this "LTE/5G/Starlink will replace fiber" but its all shale oil salesmen and politicans unwilling to byte the bullet. RF physics prevents it
- p_j_w 5y ago>RF physics prevents it This point isn't widely understood, but it's absolutely true. Anyone interested in learning more can start at Shannon-Hartley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon%E2%80%93Hartley_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon%E2%80%93Hartley_theore...