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I wonder what their recent hissy fit will do to this grant
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
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Starlink is worse in every way compared to broadband, security purposes alone it should never be considered. Nothing beats a wire under the ground.
You can deploy Starlink in minutes. Wired requires months.
RV lifestyle people depend on Starlink.
I wish there were better options but there aren’t.
Starlink is not worse in every way though.
If your RV could have fiber, Starlink would be worse in every way... You stripped out the context (fiber availability).
Starlink is amazing when fiber isn't possible. When fiber is possible, it's cheaper in the long term and it's in fact better in every way (latency, reliability, performance, throughout, etc).
It’s worse in that weather dictates how fast your internet is.
That hasn’t been a problem for me nor most customers. I’m on video calls all day long.
During what weather condition? I would expect hard rain or a storm to do something with the connection.
Thunderstorms, dust storms.
Snow is a problem if it sticks to the antenna and the snow melt feature can’t keep up, but it’s never been a significant complaint.
The only people that complain are the ones that switched from a completely acceptable wired connection to starlink, it this service isn’t designed for them. It’s for me and all the other people that have no other usable options.
The point is that the grant money could have been used to create more acceptable wired connections, which you admit here are better.
Now the grant money is just going to starlink meaning that more people are in the same situation as you where they have no choice.
Interesting info, thank you!
This administration is really trying to fuck us all but in particular some of Trump's most ardent supporters,
And they'll keep licking his ass for it.
Is that how you start the trickle down process?
Open corruption. They don’t even bother trying to hide it because there are no consequences.
Always heard about fiber rollout from att in my city. Been more than 10 years. Only the rich zip have gotten it. There isn't even any rollout front those cities to the immediate surrounding communities. Zero effort from the telcos. There a more massive push for broadband through wifi.
By "rich zip" you're referring to postal codes ("zip codes" in the USA) where rich people live, right?
Yes sir
The rich get richer and the rest of us slowly get boiled in the pot.
So funny, I'd not trust Elon at all.