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It’s also surprisingly reliable given the physics of it all. I built a house out in the country in 2007 and 10Mbps DSL was all that was available for terrestri
by jcims 3mo ago
It’s also surprisingly reliable given the physics of it all. I built a house out in the country in 2007 and 10Mbps DSL was all that was available for terrestrial connectivity up until literally yesterday.
The DSL would go down for hours a couple of times per month. I got on an early starlink pilot program and had a dish up in early 2021. Aside from momentary blips on the leading edge of a stormfront and occasional network issues a couple of times per year, it’s been rock solid with half the latency and 20x the bandwidth.
- bookofjoe 3mo agoThis reminds me of Steve Wozniak's nightmarish prolonged battle to be allowed to personally pay for broadband to his just purchased house. >Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: I don't have broadband at home [2012] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/us-news-blog/2012/may/12/apple-steve-wozniak-broadband-home https://www.theguardian.com/technology/us-news-blog/2012/may...
- bookofjoe 3mo agoAddendum: He later remarked that in the future the first thing he'd ask about a prospective home is whether or not it has broadband.