alt Hacker NewsI don't understand. Starlink satellites are just routers to ground stations. Why are there no wired connections available? Do the connections not reach the famous last mile?
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consensus1 • yesterday at 11:26 PM
Yes. The last mile problem is legitimately so difficult in rural areas that it is more cost effective to launch a constellation of 10,000+ satellites than it is to run the wires.
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There are only 170 ground stations (about 100 in the US).
So for someone living in rural america, it's really "famous last 300 miles".