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Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You don't even have to go extremely rural to get no internet choices.

I am 20 minutes, or 15 miles, from a town of 150,000 people down 1 of the 4 major roads leading out of town. Without cellular or starlink we would have nothing.

[–] guacupado@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Right, but the point is, instead of going to Starlink that taxpayer money could be used to get access to where you're at.

[–] thoughts3rased@sopuli.xyz 8 points 9 months ago

Comcast will take the taxpayer money, run a shit 5mbps line to the rural area, charge you out the ass for it and pocket the difference from the subsidies.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

They already did that....we gave the telecoms almost 1 trillion dollars...we do not need to be giving them more.