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Does a monopoly make sense here? Pre starlink, there was probably a huge cost to bring internet to the island, and those doing so wanted to have some form of pr
by oh_sigh 3y ago
Does a monopoly make sense here? Pre starlink, there was probably a huge cost to bring internet to the island, and those doing so wanted to have some form of protection in order to confidently invest the capital to do so.
- lxgr 3y agoYeah, I could totally imagine some long-term bandwidth lease funding the launch of a geostationary satellite. But enforcing that monopoly against private users, i.e. not resellers/ISPs, seems somewhat extreme.