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Elon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand” (www.yahoo.com)
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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Fine by me. All his customers are a bunch of suckers

[–] withabeard@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

I am an IT bod with a mountain rescue team in the UK. Personally I would bin starlink in a heartbeat. I dislike Elon, I dislike the privatisation of satellite garbage. The impact it had on the night sky, on astronomy. I dislike the pettish for abuse from a fascist American oligarchy and government.

However... For now it is by far the single best option when cell communications are out of range.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ehh, some are. Some just live so far out that the sweet song of broadband feels worth it.

I hate the fuck out of the man, but if I were doing camper life, i'd want it.

[–] Dpek@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Yep

At the end of the day it serves a purpose nothing else does

Frankly i couldnt care less about spacex (both the rockets and satelites) if anyone else even close

Unfortunatly their competitors are at a similar place to where they were a decade ago

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah I know a Yupik woman who's talked about how much it improved things in the village she's from. Places that need a small plane charter and a snowmobile to visit still benefit from having internet these days

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

Ukraine is a user, as is (with stolen terminals) Russia.