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> Giving away 911 service isn't pushing anyone out of the telecom business. Irrelevant. My claim was about a free service replacing a paid one. 911 service in
by caseyy 2y ago
> Giving away 911 service isn't pushing anyone out of the telecom business.
Irrelevant. My claim was about a free service replacing a paid one. 911 service in the US is paid for by states and local governments, and telecoms must provide it to operate. Having a free option would create a disincentive to keep the status quo, and the paid service may be less upkept.
> There is zero chance that the Starlink network would be abandoned and stop working if SpaceX went bankrupt
Seems exceptionally naive. “Zero chance” alone is naive, there is substantial probability. But even if the satellites were kept in orbit by another owner, why would they continue to provide a free service at a cost? Even that question may be irrelevant, because non-profitable efforts would be ended by most restructurings.
> Again, people are delusional to think that he would leave people to die on a whim
Tesla’s exaggerated FSD claims are directly responsible for people’s deaths, including the Walter Huang case, where this negligence was established as a cause by plaintiff’s lawyers.
You should double-check your arguments.
- modeless 2y agoYou seem confused. SpaceX will provide the same free access to the same government 911 (or other local emergency system) that terrestrial carriers do. SpaceX incurs practically no incremental cost here. Starlink can't replace cell towers for normal phone coverage, so this is not replacing anything other than maybe Apple's far inferior SOS feature. The Walter Huang case didn't "establish" anything because it didn't go to trial. It's a pretty wild stretch to blame his death on Musk. And even if one believed that they should still be able to see how making misleading statements that unintentionally contribute to one person's accident would not be remotely comparable to intentionally ignoring thousands upon thousands of people desperately calling for urgently needed help.
- inemesitaffia 2y agoSpaceX is not running a 911 center. They will hand over the call to a partner operator (T-Mobile)