Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoExcept StarLink cannot possibly provide the same bandwidth, latency, and throughput a fiber connection can. Because of physics. I can either share my 10G symmetrical connection with nobody, or with 200 others. And, Fiber costs me $70 a month. Starlink, with worse performance, costs 4x more.
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 days agoTIL 120 is 4 x 70… Edit to add everything below this line Downvotes for facts. I pay 120/mo. It’s either this, 3Mbps DSL, or T-Mobile home 5G that works when it feels like it.
Except StarLink cannot possibly provide the same bandwidth, latency, and throughput a fiber connection can. Because of physics.
I can either share my 10G symmetrical connection with nobody, or with 200 others.
And, Fiber costs me $70 a month. Starlink, with worse performance, costs 4x more.
TIL 120 is 4 x 70…
Edit to add everything below this line
Downvotes for facts. I pay 120/mo. It’s either this, 3Mbps DSL, or T-Mobile home 5G that works when it feels like it.
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