Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps
by ekianjo on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:08AM
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In rural areas you have more space to stock food to live completely off the usual distribution networks for a longer time. In cities if you live in a small apartment you are tributary to shopping very often or having deliveries frequently, which increases the chance of contamination.
Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps
by Retric on Saturday August 15, 2020 @06:30AM
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You can keep a years supply of food in a small closet. Everyone can’t suddenly buy a years supply of food in a crisis. Which is how this really plays out, if everyone tries to suddenly stock up on supplies that fails. So space is not a limiting factor in a pandemic.
Further, going to work is a larger concern. A higher percentage of people in cities can WFH indefinitely.
Re:Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps
by Marsymars on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:30PM
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> You can keep a years supply of food in a small closet.
Yeah, I worked out the space requirements once, and it's actually feasible to stock a lifetime's worth of Calories in a fairly small apartment.
In practice there are several flaws in that assumption. The lack of grocery deliveries is one major issue with rural isolation. Keep digging and you find several short vs long term issues. Consider, if you need a car you then need to eventually take it in for repairs etc.