• unexposedhazard
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    1 year ago

    as in the only high bandwidth communications network capable of doing things like this. starlink is this little thing called a monopoly and that is what caused this situation…

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      1 year ago

      Turns out it’s not very easy to just dump a ton of satellites and pop out a new network whenever you want.

      • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Seriously, the Starlink and Falcon 9 production is unlike anything else. Amazon and China will try to copy it, but it’ll take them way more time and money.