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500 Starlinks? https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-starlink-brings-internet-politics-hurricane-helene-recovery-rcna173463 https://www.nbcne
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500 Starlinks? https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-starlink-brings-internet-politics-hurricane-helene-recovery-rcna173463 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-sta...
As opposed to 95% of US homes that have at least one radio receiver? https://www.insideradio.com/inside-story-radios-in-more-u-s-homes-now-than-in-the-1950s/article_8ed0712c-4cb5-11e6-a8c7-b3e12d86c826.html https://www.insideradio.com/inside-story-radios-in-more-u-s-...
Usable digital cell service still doesn’t reach a good chunk of rural Americans.
I’m not sure why an expensive, technically-complicated solution would be an alternative to a free, simple, widely-deployed one.
- WalterBright 1y ago> Usable digital cell service still doesn’t reach a good chunk of rural Americans. What's the percent of that? And what's the percent of people that leave their radio on 24/7?