Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies::The FCC reaffirmed a decision not to award Starlink a nearly $900 million subsidy for offering 100Mbps/20Mbps low-latency internet service in 35 states.

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    1 year ago

    Eh, starlink at least works by all accounts. I guess the jury is still out if it’s sustainable as a business because the satellites are deorbiting like crazy.

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      1 year ago

      If your business plan involves firing out infinite rockets full of cell towers forever. You should probably just spend the money on copper instead.

      • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        This makes zero sense. If that was profitable it would have been done already.

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          It’s not, neither is starlink. That’s the whole point. You have two things, you can either launch infinite rockets forever or lay some infrastructure that we can benefit from forever.

          Why America chooses not to lay infrastructure is beyond me. More so why Americans justify it so often. This shit is why America doesn’t have trains.

          • crazyCat@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            Preach the truth brother. The single most effective way to spread more internet is more cable and towers.

          • LilB0kChoy@midwest.social
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            1 year ago

            Bundle it all together! We have tons of electrical that should be moved underground. Throw internet lines into that pool too and put it all under the ground and run the network cables everywhere the power goes.

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      1 year ago

      They aren’t sustainable because they are de-orbiting but they’re also supposed to be low-cost and high speed.

      If the prices aren’t low-cost, and the speeds continue to decrease, it’s entire purpose is defeated.