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> When you don’t have an established wired infrastructure, it becomes significantly easier to jump technology generations
by dools 3mo ago
> When you don’t have an established wired infrastructure, it becomes significantly easier to jump technology generations
- willy_k 3mo ago> As others mentioned, It's a very similar situation for rural American That’s a seperate anecdote about his dad in America. If you’re going to nitpick irrelevant inconsistencies, at least be right.
- dools 3mo ago[flagged]
- mkl 3mo agoStarlink is letting them skip dial-up and ADSL.
- mbreese 3mo agoFor what it's worth, I was specifically thinking about DSL and 2000-2010s era DOCSIS technologies. The analogy is really that when mobile phones became popular in Africa, it was possible to skip the step of having wired landlines and cable TV. 3G/4G could be used for anything those would have provided. Starlink does the same thing, but it lets people skip DSL and cable modems. However, I actually think that the main "benefit" you get by not having an extensive wired infrastructure is the lack of an incumbent provider. Centralized incumbents can put pressure on any new technology that puts their existing infrastructure investments at risk.
- NetMageSCW 3mo agoThere’s also the issue of man made damage to infrastructure that is very difficult for Starlink.