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From what I understand, this is a political hatchet job. Space X still had 2 years to meet the the mark but capricious new standards are being applied specifica

From what I understand, this is a political hatchet job. Space X still had 2 years to meet the the mark but capricious new standards are being applied specifically to them.

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libraryatnight 3y ago
or maybe speeds were dropping, requirements not met, and they didn't want to dump more money on self driving car man's company. Seems reasonable to me - if it also makes elon and his cult sad, that's just a happy accident.
- ilikehurdles 3y ago
  This argument is too deeply rotted with bias to have value. This is going to slow the adoption of broadband and you’re happy because the guy you dislike might be harmed as a consequence. You should reflect on this behavior, because you’re embodying everything you criticize this supposed “other side” of being.
  - JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
    > > This is going to slow the adoption of broadband Just lay down fiber. Unlike satellites you only have to do it once, but that's not exciting enough for rocket man because unlike satellites you don't get the government to pay you to play with rockets. This is all there is to it, like the Apollo program was. A bunch of techbros want to play with rockets and try really hard to reverse engineer an excuse for government to hand them cash for it. For the Apollo program it was collecting moon rocks that were supposed to hold god knows what secrets, for the current age of space it's rural internet.
    - ilikehurdles 3y ago
      We’ve had companies with astronomical market caps and the wealthiest government in the world for a long time, both with the capability of laying fiber and none doing so. Space tech bro is actually solving it not just for rural areas but much of world. What I’m saying is, feel free to step in if you can, but the market has spoken and the market is not interested in solving the problem your way.
      - JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
        > > We’ve had companies with astronomical market caps and the wealthiest government in the world for a long time, both with the capability of laying fiber and none doing so Maybe because they are looking at the trends and are seeing that the number of people living in urbanized areas is increasing year after year constantly? People are moving to cities for reasons that are totally unrelated to internet speed, or internet access, hence maybe, just maybe it makes sense to have them do so and then see how many people remain in the rural areas and then decide much to invest? > > Much of the world Much of the world, 90% lives in urban areas, they will always use 4G-LTE and 5G and Fiber because the density is such that the aforementioned technologies are and will always be superior
  - freejazz 3y ago
    > This argument is too deeply rotted with bias to have value. As opposed to what it responds to?

From what I understand, this is a political hatchet job. Space X still had 2 years to meet the the mark but capricious new standards are being applied specifically to them.

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libraryatnight 3y ago

or maybe speeds were dropping, requirements not met, and they didn't want to dump more money on self driving car man's company. Seems reasonable to me - if it also makes elon and his cult sad, that's just a happy accident.

ilikehurdles 3y ago
This argument is too deeply rotted with bias to have value. This is going to slow the adoption of broadband and you’re happy because the guy you dislike might be harmed as a consequence. You should reflect on this behavior, because you’re embodying everything you criticize this supposed “other side” of being.
- JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
  > > This is going to slow the adoption of broadband Just lay down fiber. Unlike satellites you only have to do it once, but that's not exciting enough for rocket man because unlike satellites you don't get the government to pay you to play with rockets. This is all there is to it, like the Apollo program was. A bunch of techbros want to play with rockets and try really hard to reverse engineer an excuse for government to hand them cash for it. For the Apollo program it was collecting moon rocks that were supposed to hold god knows what secrets, for the current age of space it's rural internet.
  - ilikehurdles 3y ago
    We’ve had companies with astronomical market caps and the wealthiest government in the world for a long time, both with the capability of laying fiber and none doing so. Space tech bro is actually solving it not just for rural areas but much of world. What I’m saying is, feel free to step in if you can, but the market has spoken and the market is not interested in solving the problem your way.
    - JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
      > > We’ve had companies with astronomical market caps and the wealthiest government in the world for a long time, both with the capability of laying fiber and none doing so Maybe because they are looking at the trends and are seeing that the number of people living in urbanized areas is increasing year after year constantly? People are moving to cities for reasons that are totally unrelated to internet speed, or internet access, hence maybe, just maybe it makes sense to have them do so and then see how many people remain in the rural areas and then decide much to invest? > > Much of the world Much of the world, 90% lives in urban areas, they will always use 4G-LTE and 5G and Fiber because the density is such that the aforementioned technologies are and will always be superior
- freejazz 3y ago
  > This argument is too deeply rotted with bias to have value. As opposed to what it responds to?