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Re:Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations by ethbr1 on Friday August 01, 2025 @11:39PM (#44764727)
500 Starlinks? https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-sta...

As opposed to 95% of US homes that have at least one radio receiver? https://www.insideradio.com/inside-story-radios-in-more-u-s-...

Usable digital cell service still doesn’t reach a good chunk of rural Americans.

I’m not sure why an expensive, technically-complicated solution would be an alternative to a free, simple, widely-deployed one.

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Re:Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations by WalterBright on Saturday August 02, 2025 @01:46AM (#44765148)
> Usable digital cell service still doesn’t reach a good chunk of rural Americans.

What's the percent of that?

And what's the percent of people that leave their radio on 24/7?

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