90% of people aren’t worth the time

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  • I subscribe to the notion that any wireless technology should be considered a last resort due to latency. Hell, it could be 1 Gbps but if the latency is bad (which it always will be when you’re transmitting through the air or nearly off planet) things like gaming, WiFi calling, videoconferencing, etc. will always be annoying.

    Think about it: you’re transmitting data to a satellite in orbit. What does it have to do? It has to transmit back down to the earth to access the wired internet. Why would you do this if you’ve got access to fiber or even cable? I’d possibly even consider DSL (though not dial-up) rather than use Starlink.

    (All of this sidesteps the sheer idiocy of sending thousands of satellites into orbit only to eventually destroy them.)