NM_Gringo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoElon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”www.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1414arrow-down18
arrow-up1406arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”www.yahoo.comNM_Gringo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoBut it’s not better. It’s just rhe only option. They would very much prefer to be connected with a cable or a cell tower no? Why wouldnt they?
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoYou have permafrost melting so northern tundra areas will be worse to build on going forward. But the context is tiny rural places that don’t have roads and you travel by plane or snowmobile, they’re not getting cable.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoCould do point to point wireless. And only have towers every so often. The land is cwey flat.
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours ago they’re not getting cable. why not?
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoHundreds of miles of expensive cable because terrain make expensive to serve dozens of hundreds.
But it’s not better. It’s just rhe only option. They would very much prefer to be connected with a cable or a cell tower no? Why wouldnt they?
You have permafrost melting so northern tundra areas will be worse to build on going forward. But the context is tiny rural places that don’t have roads and you travel by plane or snowmobile, they’re not getting cable.
Could do point to point wireless. And only have towers every so often. The land is cwey flat.
why not?
Hundreds of miles of expensive cable because terrain make expensive to serve dozens of hundreds.