• weew@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Fun fact: fiber optic cables don’t need customers either because telecos took a shit ton of money in government subsidies to build them but they didn’t bother finishing the job.

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      1 year ago

      Unlike Elon Musk, who has never recieved government subsidies or delivered faulty products

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        1 year ago

        Whatever the case with other stuff, Starlink is a pretty solid offering. I know people who would have been stuck with barely better than dialup, but now have a connection that’s fast and reliable enough to work remotely.

        Telcos, meanwhile, have often been given money to improve infrastructure and just… didn’t. Not to mention continually charging customers for services they couldn’t readily offer.

        Don’t get me wrong, Elon is a shit in many ways, but Starlink as a product is excellent and a game-charger for many.

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          1 year ago

          Disagree. It’s the Boring Company of ISPs. He’s selling the government on an overengineered solution to a problem they created by not regulating the ISPs. Laying cable would be better for basically anyone in North America as a long term sustainable and efficient solution to delivering internet connections.

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            1 year ago

            Ah yes, North America, because that’s the only place in the world that needs high speed internet.

            No worries though, I’m sure those ISP’s will get right on running cables to all those rural locations, aaaaaannny day now (well, actually they might but only because there’s actual competition for their $100+ 2-5MBps when-it-even-works internet packages)