Starlink is the most signifiant rural broadband access development in decades, and the FCC seems somewhat hostile to it. Its only difficulty is that you need a

Starlink is the most signifiant rural broadband access development in decades, and the FCC seems somewhat hostile to it. Its only difficulty is that you need almost a totally clear view of the sky since it's not like a geosync satellite where you point to one place in the sky. They need to track satellites in motion, so a single tree will disrupt a bit. I would guess as the flotilla expands they might not need as much of the sky and the "arc" would decrease, and their software will adapt on the fly. Starlink is another example of a "Musk" company with an active software update loop that shows active ongoing improvement. It's not quite as revolutionary in this space but it is nice to see. 5G also has a lot of potential but still requires a lot of towers. Of course the biggest economic revolution in broadband is 5G and Starlink in the third world. Starlink should bring good broadband to all of Africa, rural Asia, etc. Combined with Solar+Storage for independent power, that leaves water and food as the primary necessities for living in places / off grid. Global Warming is of course extremely dangerous, but the amount of habitable land that will be opened in Siberia is enormous. Which is good, because we might need to resettle billions of people there.