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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by DennisP on Friday January 21, 2022 @10:08AM (#30024485)
Other countries with the population density of US rural areas? Which ones specifically, and what did it cost them?
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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by ceejayoz on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:11PM (#30026468)
If Africa can manage it, we probably can.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/11/08/in-much-...

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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by DennisP on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:20PM (#30026629)
That article is about telephony, not broadband internet. We have telephony everywhere too.
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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by ceejayoz on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:10PM (#30027489)
They're using mobile telephony to access broadband internet.

https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/blog/the-state-of-...

> Mobile broadband coverage has also increased substantially in Sub-Saharan Africa, but it is still the region with the largest coverage gap; one in five people live in an area without mobile broadband coverage – an estimated 210 million people.

If 80% of Africa can manage mobile broadband, it seems likely the USA can.

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