Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square288fedilinkarrow-up1712arrow-down117
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minus-squareuhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 hours agoRemember how Elon Musk conned Vegas out of millions with the hyperloop. Satellite internet is not the future; it’s cell internet.
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoConned them and then Nashville, I think it is, is also paying him for it. True stupid, the US isn’t a country of learners, it seems.
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 hours ago it’s cell internet. Physical lines first.
minus-squareuhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 hours agoWe already have physical lines. Businesses and governments aren’t going to invest in digging and laying down more cables to give people in rural America access to fiber. They’re already reluctant to do it for major cities.
Remember how Elon Musk conned Vegas out of millions with the hyperloop.
Satellite internet is not the future; it’s cell internet.
Conned them and then Nashville, I think it is, is also paying him for it. True stupid, the US isn’t a country of learners, it seems.
Physical lines first.
We already have physical lines.
Businesses and governments aren’t going to invest in digging and laying down more cables to give people in rural America access to fiber. They’re already reluctant to do it for major cities.