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I’ve lived in a few areas in the US where internet was and still is horrible if available at all. Visiting my mother to help her out for longer than a few days
by elcritch 3y ago
I’ve lived in a few areas in the US where internet was and still is horrible if available at all. Visiting my mother to help her out for longer than a few days was a pain since she had traditional satellite internet and terrible cell which were unusable for work video meetings. That’s in the US.
I doubt every small village in South America or Africa has good internet either. Hopefully they can get starlink and share. Hopefully it’ll give folks more opportunities and access to work or education. Even medical exams over a video call, etc.
- saddat 3y ago[dead]
- fps-hero 3y agoHonestly it’s incredible that sending 12,000 satellites into space to provide internet coverage to multiple continents across the world is as cheaper than installing ground based infrastructure. The cost per satellite is reportedly $500k, so the star link constellation cost only $6 billion. For comparison the Australian NBN (country wide internet infrastructure upgrade) cost over $50 billion, and it still relies on satellites to cover rural areas.