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I think they'll rug pull hard line internet for residents.
It's all that escaped with a bit of net neutrality.
Cellular and satalitte both allow traffic shaping and that's the more profitable.
Hell, maybe they can nationalize it and get Elin paid.
You can traffic shape wired traffic as well
I thought that was still legally protected, but I know it's been a target for a while.
If you can traffic shape cell network data, thats not much different. Everyone has to BGP peer with another network to provide connectivity to other networks. I guess its just where do you prioritize one type of customer traffic over another
Nationalizing it and turning it into a public utility instead of for profit would be a good thing. Or in this case it should belong to the whole world and run by the UN.
He recently rolled up several failing businesses into this IPO. He may be worth a trillion, but he also owes a lot of people money.