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Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] grayman 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because it's satellite!

[–] namelessdread 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely, but Musk specifically said weather wouldn't be a problem like regular satellites, which was just not true from my experience.

Overall though, I just think people should be aware that it's not a good replacement for if you already have access to other Internet services. I've seen people discuss how they want to ditch Comcast for it. It's a lot more expensive and definitely not as consistent. Again, it totally has an audience and purpose, pros and cons.

[–] grayman 1 points 11 months ago

DISH says the same crap about satellite TV. Physics doesn't lie.