★ Amy Star ★the easiest way to become radicalized about astronomy is to open a stargazing app and to make it highlight Starlink satellites
i hate elon musk
"but what about rural internet access?!"
1. SpaceX/Starlink has no path to profitability
2. it will cost over $20-30b to maintain the network - mostly from government subsidies that go directly into Elon's pocket
3. that money could have been used to put down actual fibre lines for WiMAX installations which would be actually-reliable and not pollute the night sky
4. do you really want a far-right transphobe controlling internet access for everywhere that isn't a major city?
Eric LawtonHow do rural people get power for their modems and computers?
We have power lines right to the house.
The same, or other, providers could put in fibre, too.
I was going to mention phone lines, which we used to have, but they let them rot. Mine stopped working years ago.