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Starlink has millions of customers mostly in the developed world because existing solutions are non existent, terrible or cost prohibitive.
by rapsey 2y ago
Starlink has millions of customers mostly in the developed world because existing solutions are non existent, terrible or cost prohibitive.
- defrost 2y agoand up until this point in time they were unable to navigate, to read news, to feed themselves? There are billions of people in the world and no shortage of internet hot spots for those that need them. Many people, myself included, grew up without internet connectivity and still managed somehow to get math degrees and write several million unique SLOC lines to backbone GIS, networking, crypto and the like.
- rapsey 2y agoMillions also got by without electricity before the grid was developed. It did not keep them from becoming great men. But it did keep them from technological progress and kept women chained to the household.