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Am I being unfair, but doesn't this article seem a bit of a selfish whine. I feel sometimes we forget how amazing the things humans are doing to. We had a pers

Am I being unfair, but doesn't this article seem a bit of a selfish whine. I feel sometimes we forget how amazing the things humans are doing to. We had a person and his teams literally build re-usable rockets and then blanket the earth in thousands of satellites, largely on private funding. This seemed unconceivable 10 years ago. This of all the people tat said this was ridiculous and bound to fail financially or technologically when announced. Then a few years later someone is 'my internet in the middle of nowhere is a more expensive, the price changed because its so popular and has dropouts"...like your using internet from a fleet of more satellites put up in a couple of years than humans created in the 50 years before. I think we need to step back and take perspective on this one. Its freaking incredible we have this services. Its fairly new tech and will probably get better and better over coming decades. For me, Starlink has been a game changer living in a rural area that still had copper ADSL. Its more expensive and sometimes (not often) has dropouts but I still marvel at what has been achieved. Less often these days but sometimes I still got to the Starlink maps, spin the globe and feel amazed. Try it: https://satellitemap.space/ https://satellitemap.space/

Havoc 4y ago
The fact that starlink is technologically impressive doesn't really change that paying 150 for a "30-50/2-10Mbps" connection is worth a whine
- Gustomaximus 4y ago
  It's not just a connection. Its a connection anywhere in relevant countries. That 'anywhere' is a big difference. So if your in a urban location, its not mean for you, price sux. If you have a cabin in hte middle of nowhere, this seems cheap and amazing to me. And for speed, tested as typing this, I'm running 210mb down: https://prnt.sc/dXDNiqWQdtaC https://prnt.sc/dXDNiqWQdtaC - I guess benefits of not being overly congested yet
jsjohnst 4y ago
> Am I being unfair, but doesn't this article seem a bit of a selfish whine. It does for sure and I was debating whether I should comment and say it or not. > I think we need to step back and take perspective on this one. Disagree here though. If we were taking account of the global state of things, sure. When OP pays for a service, gets unreliable service, and prices go up, they have a legit reason to complain and not be told to take in the big picture. — It might seem like I’m taking both sides, but really I’m not. OP decided to live in the middle of nowhere (I grew up in the same state, so I speak from experience), with that comes tradeoffs. Want fast and reliable internet? Be ready to pay for multiple providers! Yes, $200/month for internet seem high compared to other costs of living in rural Kansas, but it’s the compromise you endure for living so remote but wanting a job that requires you to be connected.

Havoc 4y ago

The fact that starlink is technologically impressive doesn't really change that paying 150 for a "30-50/2-10Mbps" connection is worth a whine

Gustomaximus 4y ago
It's not just a connection. Its a connection anywhere in relevant countries. That 'anywhere' is a big difference. So if your in a urban location, its not mean for you, price sux. If you have a cabin in hte middle of nowhere, this seems cheap and amazing to me. And for speed, tested as typing this, I'm running 210mb down: https://prnt.sc/dXDNiqWQdtaC https://prnt.sc/dXDNiqWQdtaC - I guess benefits of not being overly congested yet

jsjohnst 4y ago

> Am I being unfair, but doesn't this article seem a bit of a selfish whine. It does for sure and I was debating whether I should comment and say it or not. > I think we need to step back and take perspective on this one. Disagree here though. If we were taking account of the global state of things, sure. When OP pays for a service, gets unreliable service, and prices go up, they have a legit reason to complain and not be told to take in the big picture. — It might seem like I’m taking both sides, but really I’m not. OP decided to live in the middle of nowhere (I grew up in the same state, so I speak from experience), with that comes tradeoffs. Want fast and reliable internet? Be ready to pay for multiple providers! Yes, $200/month for internet seem high compared to other costs of living in rural Kansas, but it’s the compromise you endure for living so remote but wanting a job that requires you to be connected.