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Idealistic! I think a lot of countries are going to block starlink in the future by interfering with the signals, much like the success some countries are havin
by kylehotchkiss 2y ago
Idealistic! I think a lot of countries are going to block starlink in the future by interfering with the signals, much like the success some countries are having interfering so heavily with GPS. Their governments won't want uncensored web, or an American company being the gateway to the internet. They'll maintain whatever territorial networks they have now and the speed question is still relevant.
Also the number of people worldwide whose only access to the internet is a $100 android phone with older software and limited CPU should be considered
- JeremyNT 2y agoEven if people want to / are allowed to, I'm trying to imagine how well starlink could plausibly function if 2 billion people switched from their sketchy terrestrial service to starlink. As a luxury product used by a few people, maybe it "solves" the problem, but I don't think this is a very scalable solution.