My dad just switched to Starlink. I advised he watch his bill closely because Musk is going to start playing money games any day. He blew me off, confident they would operate like most other cable companies and keep his prices set for 2-3 years even without a specific contract lock. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya’.
Also, double fuck you to Musk. My parents are rural and this is far and away the best service they’re able to get. Instead of paying around what the others charge plus a little more because they are better, my folks are going to get taken to the cleaners.
I remember the first time i had to go in to drop off my set top boxes after a move (back near the turn of the century) and the cable company customer service was behind 6" of bulletproof lexan.
With a bank style secure drawer to deal with the boxes.
Billions have been given to telecoms for ages to build out infrastructure to rural areas and it always fails. The ISPs say oh its so expensive, we only got this tiny fraction done, and the government nods their heads and gives them billions more when they say theyll do it next time, and the same thing happens over and over.
Damn, why is the world like this? Or at least this country?
I mean, I know the answer is corruption, corporatism, neoliberalism, and capitalism. But, like, why are those things the way the world is? It didn’t have to be this way…
I mean, it’s a huge logistical feat. But it’s not like nothing’s been done on the same scale before. The people have roads, they have landline, I don’t see why they can’t have fiberoptics.
My dad just switched to Starlink. I advised he watch his bill closely because Musk is going to start playing money games any day. He blew me off, confident they would operate like most other cable companies and keep his prices set for 2-3 years even without a specific contract lock. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya’.
Also, double fuck you to Musk. My parents are rural and this is far and away the best service they’re able to get. Instead of paying around what the others charge plus a little more because they are better, my folks are going to get taken to the cleaners.
Oh god, imagine this being the best case scenario
I remember the first time i had to go in to drop off my set top boxes after a move (back near the turn of the century) and the cable company customer service was behind 6" of bulletproof lexan.
With a bank style secure drawer to deal with the boxes.
Not a good sign for agreeable customer service.
Wasn’t Biden going to build out the broadband infrastructure to reach rural communities? What happened to that project? Did it get DOGEd?
I don’t know if it’s related to Biden but lots of small towns in New Hampshire have fiber, meaning better internet than a lot of big coastal cities.
Billions have been given to telecoms for ages to build out infrastructure to rural areas and it always fails. The ISPs say oh its so expensive, we only got this tiny fraction done, and the government nods their heads and gives them billions more when they say theyll do it next time, and the same thing happens over and over.
Damn, why is the world like this? Or at least this country?
I mean, I know the answer is corruption, corporatism, neoliberalism, and capitalism. But, like, why are those things the way the world is? It didn’t have to be this way…
It happens up here in Canada as well, so not just a USA thing, at least with the telecoms.
And ya it really sucks.
Yeah, billion$ that got bogged down by state level politics, telecomm company resistance, and lack of Democratic party backbone.
I don’t know how much momentum was even left to get DOGE’d.
That sucks…
I mean, it’s a huge logistical feat. But it’s not like nothing’s been done on the same scale before. The people have roads, they have landline, I don’t see why they can’t have fiberoptics.