Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast...
by kitsunesoba on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:30PM
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> Starlink is only a benefit for a small dwindling population of rural people in high income countries.
By the FCC’s estimates[0], there are 26 million people in the US alone, mostly in rural areas, who lack access to adequate high speed internet. I believe that exceeds what most would consider a small dwindling population by quite a large margin.
This number could potentially increase too, with the recent advent of full remote work. A fair number of people who live in urban areas do so only because they have to for employment and if they had the option would move somewhere less densely populated.
By the FCC’s estimates[0], there are 26 million people in the US alone, mostly in rural areas, who lack access to adequate high speed internet. I believe that exceeds what most would consider a small dwindling population by quite a large margin.
This number could potentially increase too, with the recent advent of full remote work. A fair number of people who live in urban areas do so only because they have to for employment and if they had the option would move somewhere less densely populated.
[0]: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progr...