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I don't know where you live, but in most of Europe, rural areas have internet too. It doesn't "fail every time".
by justeleblanc 4y ago
I don't know where you live, but in most of Europe, rural areas have internet too. It doesn't "fail every time".
- sebzim4500 4y agoThere aren't really any rural areas in Europe, by American standards.
- uoaei 4y agoI think you should review the definition of "rural" then.
- edgyquant 4y agoNo he’s right and this is brought up here all the time. There are large swathes of America where people don’t have neighbors for miles (sometimes tens of miles) while there are comparatively few places in Europe that meet this definition.
- palata 4y agoI can't believe that Starlink is counting on those relatively few people to make money. There must be some other stream of revenue, right?
- sebzim4500 4y agoPresumably ships/airlines/us military are all a signicant potential revenue source. Only once they get the laser links working though.
- palata 4y agoRight. So it's not exactly about connecting those who are remote and need it... unless we consider that having access to TikTok on a ship is a fundamental need.
- edgyquant 4y agoThe comment you are replying too never said they were dependent on it. You’ve pivoted the discussion. The poster said Europe doesn’t have rural people by American standards. Revenue wasn’t mentioned.
- edgyquant 4y agoThey aren’t, those people are just benefiting from starlink which will make most money through enterprise and government programs.
- uoaei 4y agoAgain, review the definition of "rural". Just pretending words mean what you want them to mean is quite literally, definitionally, bullshitting.
- edgyquant 4y agoHe said “rural by American standards” not just rural. No one is pretending the word rural means that, that’s why additional context was added to the initial comment.