thoughtpunks ,
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Huh. What a funny math "mistake".

Equivalent bandwidth home broadband is half the price of Starlink. The cost difference for just 1 year for 140 million people: ~$100 billion. Excess profit over what others charge. More than double the "waste" being complained about.

Twitter screenshot. Elon Musk. "This government program is an outrageous waste of taxpayer money and is utterly failing to serve people in need" Quoted tweet by Whole Mars Catalog. "For $42 Billion they could have bought Starlink dishes for 140 million people. (US Population is 333 million) Screen shot of The Washington Times headline "Biden's $42.5 Billion rural high-speed internet plan gets stuck in red tape"
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    • artemis ,
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    @thoughtpunks
    MAGAs are always saying that "liberals" (whatever they mean by that) hate rural people, but then they call efforts to get essential infrastructure to people in rural areas "waste".

    btravern ,
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    @thoughtpunks Speaking of waste…

    https://www.yahoo.com/tech/elon-musks-starlink-satellites-could-125650022.html

    thoughtpunks OP ,
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    @btravern also love how his cutting edge brain tech company is using literal 20 year old technology that directly implants wires into the brain, meanwhile another company currently has several people in clinical testing with a blood vessel mesh/stent that requires no brain surgery.

    Tim_Eagon ,
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    @thoughtpunks I work for a telecommunications company. We don't view StarLink as a real competitor.

    zozo ,
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    @Tim_Eagon @thoughtpunks would NOT surprise me if it was an attempt to kill 5G in the same way Hyperloop was just an attempt to divert funding for High Speed Rail

    thoughtpunks OP ,
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    @Tim_Eagon $120 for 25-100 bandwidth is just so unhinged. Even the wickedest cable company isn't that bad. That's like Gbps pricing.

    Tim_Eagon ,
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    @thoughtpunks plus the upfront equipment costs.

    thoughtpunks OP ,
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    @Tim_Eagon I have a 100 plan. Tests constantly at 115-140. With equipment rental. Less than half what Starlink charges.

    Tim_Eagon ,
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    @thoughtpunks The only time I would consider StarLink would be if I lived in an extremely rural area and was stuck with, IDK, Frontier ADSL as my only other choice.

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