re: Starlink annouces $40 monthly internet. No charge for equipment.

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States spending trillions for rural broadband are wasting money.

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States are wasting money, but nowhere near trillions.

100 mbps?

Good luck waiting 2 hours for your 5 minute porn video to load

Just last week I learned that most of the languages (native) spoken in Africa do not have a word for “ maintenance” or for the concept “to maintain”.

Initially I was surprised… then it made sense.

Nigerian guy told me this.

100mb is slow as shite.

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Most urban areas in Africa are dominated by mobile, which has Internet.

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What are the internet speeds though?

If it's a 3G connection that's nothing like speeds here

ETA just checked and learned 2 interesting facts

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Our analysis shows that smartphone users see a diverse mobile experience across Africa. Starting with average download speeds, South Africa sets the bar among compared African markets at 34.5Mbps — 50% faster than second placed Zimbabwe’s 22.9Mbps, followed by Morocco, Kenya, Tunisia and Madagascar — the only other markets to score above 20Mbps. The download speeds observed in South Africa are at least two times faster than in 20 out of 27 analyzed markets and 4.4 times faster than last placed Angola.

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These speeds are nothing like what you can get in big metro areas here so I could see the Starlink offering much better bandwidth. Especially if there is a higher tier.

And apparently Texas cities dominate in the U.S. as far as mobile internet speed goes

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In mobile, San Antonio checks in at No. 1 with a median download speed of more than 344 megabits per second; Austin is No. 3 with nearly 228 Mbps; No. 4 is Dallas, with about 217 Mbps; and Houston’s No. 5 with 204.51 Mbps. The lone non-Texas entry is Phoenix, with almost 228 Mbps. T-Mobile is the No. 1 mobile provider in terms of speed (and wins that honor nationally as well) in each of the Top 5 cities.

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The problem with Africa is its full of Africans. If you ever go there you’ll be shocked at the tribalism

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FIFY

Rational person . Kind of sucks my enemy is making $500 million when I’m only making 200 million but that’s more more than I’ve ever seen so I’ll work with it.

Tribal person. Yes, I’m making 500 million and yes you told me my enemies is only making 200 million but they actually have to die and I need to kill their entire family all the way to their 10th cousin.

I prefer that my data be secure passing through an underground wire than flying around in space where anyone can get it.

I pay 59.99 for fiber. 1000/1000.

Starlink needs to offer a better plan before i bat an eye.

You know why lesbians don’t have internet?



They don’t like cox

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Starlink will change the world. It might turn things around in Africa.

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