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Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Joelk111 4 points 11 months ago

My parents had it. Average was about 40mbps over a 60gb download, minimums were in the low 20s, and it topped out at around 80-100mbps. A fuck of a lot better than 10mbps down 750kbps up, their only other option. I hate Elon as much as the next guy, but starlink is awesome.