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Comcast Discloses Hackers May Have Stolen Data on 35.9 Million Xfinity Customers (variety.com)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They do have competition from starlink

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's not accurate. Starlink does not offer service to heavily populated areas. Cities are stuck with whomever has sued the local governments most effectively.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think your info is out of date. I checked an address in the most densely populated place in the US according to google, and its available.

Can you find an address in the US where Starlink is not available?

modt densly populated us place

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Little chance many people in that area have the ability to have a satellite dish given they’d need outdoor space for it, and about 20% of the population lives in three sky scrappers.