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The plan for nationwide fiber internet might be upended for Starlink (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Every single time the land line ISPs have gotten money for rural broadband, they use it for something else and don't build anything. Starlink actually built a network that works. Many places have gotten decent 5G home internet too.

I have been promised fiber for over a decade yet the only wired connection available is a DSL network that's been so poorly maintained that it barely even functions.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you mean works or falls out of the sky routinely to litter the earth? We build lots as far as smaller ISPs go. You just don’t have any idea what you’re talking about.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Starlink is designed to demise on re-entry. It's a core criteria. Not to mention that most stay in orbit just fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What does that mean to you exactly? All the ones that burnt up early weren’t designed for that lmao

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It means it burns up on re-entry and doesn't litter the earth

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What about all the ones he didn’t plan on having burnt up? Or didn’t you know about those

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd love to hear more about this conspiracy theory, can you elaborate?

I think it's hilarious that you think some Starlink satellites AREN'T designed to burn up. They all will, someday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not a conspiracy theory. Maybe your science needs some brushing up https://www.independent.co.uk/space/starlink-satellites-elon-musk-space-b2759288.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

they all burn up, that article does not dispute that