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Starlink is going to completely gut the local telcos, terrestrial fiber is never going to have the $ to achieve critical mass. So when, eventually, SpaceX or th
by angry_octet 4mo ago
Starlink is going to completely gut the local telcos, terrestrial fiber is never going to have the $ to achieve critical mass. So when, eventually, SpaceX or the US Govt wants to apply leverage over Africa, they will have to bend the knee. Or we'll have a hiatus in launches or a space war, and as they constellation burns up so will internet access. Africa will be in the dark.
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- NetMageSCW 4mo agoAnything that causes the constellation to be abandoned will effect a lot more than Africa and be a much bigger problem.
- angry_octet 4mo agoSo African problems will be irrelevant if the rest of the world has stock market problems? Please.