SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant::FCC doubts ability to provide high-speed, low-latency service in all grant areas.

  • n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I live out in the boonies myself, to the point dialup isn’t an option. We got wireless connection akin to a cellphone connection. I tried star link and it was pretty trash compared to the ground based wireless solution even though the advertised speed and latency seemed too good to be true (because they were)

    SpaceX is just massively over engineering a solution for literally 0 reason. The money that was used to design and implement could have been used to

    A) lay fiber lines

    B) build wireless infrastructure

    C) mix of A/B

    And prob still have a boatload of money left over. IMO Elon is an idiot for wanting to pollute the atmosphere and the night sky with temporary satilites (2-16 months IIRC) instead of building traditional infrastructure. Also if SpaceX collapses, star link will be done too in a matter of months