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brianwawokyesterday at 11:35 PM3 repliesview on HN

Would fiber have come so fast without starlink as a threat though


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triceratopstoday at 1:46 AM

Thanks Elon!

maxericksontoday at 12:03 AM

What's the reasoning? That people won't switch away from the more expensive, slower, less reliable service if you get there a bit later?

Starlink isn't wildly expensive, nor is it unreliable or slow, but it loses the comparisons.

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pclmulqdqtoday at 1:14 AM

Starlink was an attempt to grab the rural broadband funding that supported that fiber rollout in the US. It was too slow, so the money went to fiber and traditional ISPs instead. Fiber may well have come faster without starlink.