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Yea, I wish we’d go back to the “Google fiber” days of a disruptive tech company laying cable and fiber optics everywhere. And before someone says it, Yes yes,
by cyberlurker 5y ago
Yea, I wish we’d go back to the “Google fiber” days of a disruptive tech company laying cable and fiber optics everywhere. And before someone says it, Yes yes, Google bad, but I liked the initiative.
- pwinnski 5y agoGoogle was making it work before incumbent companies sued and blocked them[0]. The problem with broadband in the US is not technical, and it's not solely distances or the nature of rural spaces. It's political and economic. We managed to deliver electricity and then telephone to everyone with a push from the federal government, we could do it again. But now AT&T, Comcast and Time-Warner are too powerful, so we end up with ground-based telescopes suffering instead. 0. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160314/09374733901/isps-are-blocking-google-fibers-access-to-utility-poles-california.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160314/09374733901/isps-...
- mlindner 5y ago> so we end up without a night sky. Please don't use hyperbole like this as some people believe it and it confuses the conversation. Starlink will not erase the night sky. Starlink in operational orbits is not human eye visible. This is only a concern for ground based telescopes, not the average person viewing the night sky.