• rumba@lemmy.zip
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      11 days ago

      Ehh, some are. Some just live so far out that the sweet song of broadband feels worth it.

      I hate the fuck out of the man, but if I were doing camper life, i’d want it.

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        11 days ago

        Yeah I know a Yupik woman who’s talked about how much it improved things in the village she’s from. Places that need a small plane charter and a snowmobile to visit still benefit from having internet these days

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        9 days ago

        Yep

        At the end of the day it serves a purpose nothing else does

        Frankly i couldnt care less about spacex (both the rockets and satelites) if anyone else even close

        Unfortunatly their competitors are at a similar place to where they were a decade ago

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      11 days ago

      I am an IT bod with a mountain rescue team in the UK. Personally I would bin starlink in a heartbeat. I dislike Elon, I dislike the privatisation of satellite garbage. The impact it had on the night sky, on astronomy. I dislike the pettish for abuse from a fascist American oligarchy and government.

      However… For now it is by far the single best option when cell communications are out of range.