• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Sat internet is so overhyped. As it’s limited by physics cell towers will always outperform them. Simple as that.

    • cities - cables and 5g
    • country side - 4g and cables in high concentration areas
    • middle of nowhere or war zones - low orbit sats.

    This is purely a security issue not a consumer one.

  • mbirth 🇬🇧@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    “European Starlink rival” is a bit far fetched when there’s merely rumours that they might be able to offer a similar service. But that’s the stock market for you.

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      6 months ago

      They have both GEO and LEO satellites. Not on the scale of Starlink (for LEO), but they do have a network.

      I am not commenting on the nature of the stock market or anything like that. Just pointing out that they do have a working network, it’s not 100% speculation (like you see with crypto schemes).

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        6 months ago

        You’re correct but their LEO constellation is over 10x smaller than Starlink, so they’ve still got a lot of catching up to do.

        They are doing much better than other fabled starlink competitors though, like amazon kuiper which is still not a real thing after all this time.

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          6 months ago

          They have one strong competitive advantage that Starlink will never have; they are not American.

          By definition, you cannot trust an American service. Even if the people who run a given service are not degenerates, there are enough degenerates in the US that they could elect a degenerate who will fuck you over.