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Re:Google Hits 50% IPv6 by WarOnPrivacy on Sunday June 21, 2026 @06:07PM (#48623106)
> Starlink shattered this monopoly in my area.

The parent was noting that most of the US lives in a region, that is under a monopoly of wireline ISP (DOCSIS, FTTH). Starlink can't shatter a wireline monopoly because it is OTA.

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Re:Google Hits 50% IPv6 by r3trohack3r on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @01:05PM (#48647983)
I fired my DOCSIS provider for starlink. For many consumers the service is fungible.
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