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• cogman@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We have high speed Internet here in bumfuck… But yes, statistically Billy is likely a dumbfuck if he lives here.

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  • Bo7a@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You might be bumfuck-nowhere-adjacent. But if you have DSL, fiber, or cable, you are not in bumfuck nowhere.

    -Sent through my solar powered starlink connection from actual bumfuck nowhere. Where power lines don’t even exist.

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    • ares35@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i'm in the outskirts of bumfuck. there's areas here with maximum dsl speeds under 1 mbit/sec. which the telco naturally sells at a higher price than the 40-60 mbit dsl in other parts of town.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe in some parts, but HughesNet and Starlink wouldn’t exist if they didn’t have people using them.

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    • Thorry84@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well Starlink is yet to turn a profit, so I’m not sure it has any place to actually exist. I think it’s mostly there to fill up the SpaceX launch schedule. Especially since the Starlink stuff de-orbits in like 3 years, so they have to keep on launching.

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      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Starling satellites have motors, and regularly boost their altitude to help overcome atmospheric drag. That figure is from when the satellite either runs out of fuel, or shuts down.

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