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Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

If ISPs weren't greedy bastards that don't care the slightest about their users and gave everyone fiber then yeah, it's wasteful. Sadly, for a lot of people in rural and inaccessible areas and on sea, it's the only way to access internet.