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Re:Starlink Mini 2 by nonameiguess on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:19AM (#50454478)
I remember being mad as hell a decade ago that I lived down the street from AT&T global headquarters but couldn't get fiber to the home. Starlink advertised gigabit Internet from anywhere and were supposed to offer service in Dallas within a year, so I eagerly paid some small deposit and put myself on a waiting list.

It ended up being four years, 300 megs, and a base station you could connect to your own router was over $5000. I noped out on that shit and never looked back.

To be fair and balanced, I still think it's terrific tech and will someday feel like a miracle to many, maybe decades from now, but I'm not exactly volunteering myself to be one of those broken eggs in a great tasting omelette to be delivered in 2047. And I'm put off by using a dead and definitely non-consenting Arthur Clarke to shill for them.

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