• kadotux
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    9 hours ago

    Mate tf are you on about? Small and poor like Germany?

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      8 hours ago

      In the context of Internet connectivity it might as well be (and I think that’s what the joke was about). Fiber build-out is atrocious and large areas are stuck on 16mbps speeds. Coincidentally cell coverage also sucks in these areas so starlink is the only way to get Internet with decent speed.

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        8 hours ago

        That’s not “small and poor”.

        Edit: Oh, it was a German “joke”. Now I understand. :)

        Although I’m REALLY skeptical that for more than maybe 1% of the population that Starlink is the best option.

        • twei@discuss.tchncs.de
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          6 hours ago

          German humor :)

          maybe 1% of the population […]

          That would be more than 800k people, although the number of affected people does not make a difference. You don’t even think about taking communication away from anyone without there being a replacement for them. And in the scope of Germany, this means that we’ll need starlink access for the next decade or so.