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I'm not sure what would lead you to that conclusion. Starlink is another asymmetric service. This page[1] shows an average of 100 Mbit down and 16 up on Starlin
by MrRadar 5y ago
I'm not sure what would lead you to that conclusion. Starlink is another asymmetric service. This page[1] shows an average of 100 Mbit down and 16 up on Starlink. If they can get the upload slightly faster they would qualify for subsidies under the 100/20 definition but not under the 100/100 definition, which actually reinforces the article's point that we should not be investing public money in technologies that will not scale for future needs as I doubt Starlink will ever be able to achieve the 100+ megabit upload speeds that future businesses (and some consumers) will need. Don't get me wrong, I think Starlink is going to be an important technology for getting the most rural and hard to serve 1% of people acceptable internet service, and it will provide important competitive pressures on other ISPs, but it will never be a true substitute for fiber for the other 99% of the population.
[1] https://myspeedcheck.net/speedtest/starlink https://myspeedcheck.net/speedtest/starlink