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theoreticalmal 33 minutes ago [-]
I love my Starlink. It sits on the roof of my truck and is a backup ISP when I’m home and a nice way to stay connected when we go camping. 10/10 I recommend to everyone
The thing Starlink is replacing is not gigabit, it’s rural DSL providers who charge an arm and a leg for 20Mbps. The gigabit thing is just pie in the sky idealism while Starlink you can sign up for today.
hndhyc0bdt 4 hours ago [-]
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freehorse 6 hours ago [-]
I don't think that "multibillionaire gets big chunk of the money intended for building durable infrastructure due to being friends with/funding the president, resulting to no infrastructure being actually built" is shocking (anymore) but it was still worth watching.
bell-cot 5 hours ago [-]
Last I heard, plenty of non-satellite internet providers have also taken billions from those programs, then pretty much ignored the associated obligations.
And it's not a "Trump" issue, either. The rot also thrived under Biden.
theoreticalmal 34 minutes ago [-]
Wasn’t Kamala Harris part of a big push to provide better internet to rural American? I thought I remembered reading $25B in federal funding with essentially 0 marginal positive outcome
raisedbyninjas 2 hours ago [-]
That pattern extends back to the Clinton administration.
hypercube33 4 hours ago [-]
Over the last 30 years there have been plenty of attempts if you will to build out fiber. Some did lay fiber, others seem to have not.
The Biden bill did get my parents fiber in rural Wisconsin because the local ISP actually wanted to deliver Internet.
I think the government was hoping that raising and holding providers accountable with the bandwidth tests would have solved that but enforcement is one place this is falling down.
All you need to know about Starlink and why it's getting a free pass.
And it's not a "Trump" issue, either. The rot also thrived under Biden.
The Biden bill did get my parents fiber in rural Wisconsin because the local ISP actually wanted to deliver Internet.
I think the government was hoping that raising and holding providers accountable with the bandwidth tests would have solved that but enforcement is one place this is falling down.