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triceratops 21 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellit...

> It's not but it's all so tiresome to explain why

I'd really love to hear it. Obviously you aren't obligated to provide an explanation but if someone else does it, I'm all ears.

> Also, those towers have no ROI because they only serve poor people

So why are they being built at all?

wmf 21 days ago [–]

Towers aren't ever going to be built to cover the most rural areas. That's why Starlink is needed.

triceratops 21 days ago | [–]

I understand why it's good and necessary for the rural areas to have Starlink. I don't understand the big profit opportunity for Starlink in serving them.

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