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by qwytw 1098 days ago
> Africans can have their satellite

Well I'm not sure about that. There are 3 African countries where Starlink is available (unlike for instance every single country in the EU where both fiber and 4/5G coverage is quite decent already).

Also even in these 3 countries it's still prohibitively expensive for the majority of the population.

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For certain segments of users. Especially with unlimited data, starlink is cheaper once you pass certain data thresholds
In certain countries, yes. Still not very affordable to a median Nigerian (one of the three African countries)
Take it up with barelyauser, I only mention Africa because they brought it up.