misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoStarlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidieswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldgoodnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareCmdrShepard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 years agoAs if giving it all to Comcast and Spectrum for the 47th time will make things any better? Starlink is actually something accessible for a lot of these people, while legacy ISPs just pocket the money and claim its too hard to serve rural customers.
minus-squarekattenluik@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 years agoAnything is better than Starlink, Starlink is just extreme useless pollution for something that normal ISPs can achieve. The government needs to step in and make internet more of a utility like in like every other successful country.
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minus-squarekattenluik@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 years agoThat’s completely wrong, for the ISPs it usually isn’t worth achieving and is why the government should step in.
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minus-squarekattenluik@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 years agoAnd 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.
As if giving it all to Comcast and Spectrum for the 47th time will make things any better? Starlink is actually something accessible for a lot of these people, while legacy ISPs just pocket the money and claim its too hard to serve rural customers.
Anything is better than Starlink, Starlink is just extreme useless pollution for something that normal ISPs can achieve.
The government needs to step in and make internet more of a utility like in like every other successful country.
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That’s completely wrong, for the ISPs it usually isn’t worth achieving and is why the government should step in.
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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.