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The article was doing the wrong value comparison. Nilay claims he has "rural" internet, but he gets 325/25 from his ISP. I don't know many people outside of ma
by mips_avatar 5y ago
The article was doing the wrong value comparison. Nilay claims he has "rural" internet, but he gets 325/25 from his ISP. I don't know many people outside of major metros with that kind of speed, he has a great connection. Starlink isn't valuable for people in his situation, and he shouldn't have implied he has typical rural problems. Starlink is a gamechanger for most rural people (less than 25/5). I technically had a 45/5 connection but it was so unreliable that Starlink has beaten it on reliability and speed.
- belval 5y agoI completely agree that the device is not for him and that this is far from a high quality review. My point is more that I read the comments on HN before the article and there were almost accusing him of being voluntarily badmouthing starlink and the product, whereas the article still has some nuance.