misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidieswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldgoodnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarekattenluik@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·1 年前That’s completely wrong, for the ISPs it usually isn’t worth achieving and is why the government should step in.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-21 年前 for the ISPs it usually isn’t worth achieving Yes that’s exactly my point and is why the government should step in. Okay but…they don’t. Starlink also covers the entire planet and all the oceans, which is simply not feasible with wires.
minus-squarekattenluik@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 年前And also simply not necessary to have as many satellites as Starlink does needed to cover the ocean and the rare spots where wires can’t go.
minus-squaregaael@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 年前And we really need that 4K UHD porn to load faster on the hole planet, including the oceans.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前You’re intentionally conflating high speed internet access with any internet access at all.
That’s completely wrong, for the ISPs it usually isn’t worth achieving and is why the government should step in.
Yes that’s exactly my point
Okay but…they don’t.
Starlink also covers the entire planet and all the oceans, which is simply not feasible with wires.
And also simply not necessary to have as many satellites as Starlink does needed to cover the ocean and the rare spots where wires can’t go.
And we really need that 4K UHD porn to load faster on the hole planet, including the oceans.
You’re intentionally conflating high speed internet access with any internet access at all.