Satellite internet is a last resort. People shouldn’t be using it if they have fibre broadband or 5G options that provide the same speeds. It’s a lifesaver if you’re on a boat, or live off grid, or just a few miles from where the broadband ends. But if it’s anywhere with other people then it’s going to max out with horrible contention. At the point the only option is “moar satellites”.
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- arc99@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Elon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”English10·7 days ago
- arc99@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.world•Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consolesEnglish1·10 days ago
On one level I understand the move. On another, what exactly is the point of owning a console at that point? If you need the broadband to download massive games, then you have the broadband to stream games from the cloud. Just turn the console into an app and people subscribe to it like Netflix.
- arc99@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over featuresEnglish01·4 months ago
No but the people using GrapheneOS by and large are.
- arc99@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over featuresEnglish01·4 months ago
Trying to capture the street criminal demographic
I will happy when this bubble bursts. OpenAI, Grok and several other companies offer nothing substantive and if they’re burning cash and disrupting economies then just die already.