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mlrtime11/04/20252 repliesview on HN

Not true because of cost or access? If you consider starlink high speed, it truly is available everywhere.


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ruszki11/04/2025

Access. You cannot use Starlink on a train, flight, inside buildings, etc. Starlink is also not available everywhere: https://starlink.com/map. Also, it’s not feasible to bring that with me a lot of time, for example on my backpack trips; it’s simply too large.

virgilp11/04/2025

Because of many reasons. It's not practical to have a Starlink antenna with you everywhere. And then yes, cost is a significant factor too - even in the dialup era satellite internet connection was a thing that existed "everywhere", in theory....