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by danw1979 818 days ago
You could ask a less leading question, like “would you like it if you had the ability to rent infrastructure to get access to a much better internet connection that your local ISPs, and even your own government have no chance of building themselves ?”

I’m British, so this question definitely applies to me, by the way.

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For a good portion of the world I think you'd have to add, "...at a price roughly equal to [insert large percentage, in places exceeding 100%] your monthly income," to get a more realisic response.
When it comes to global topics, I think a lot of people in high income countries often forget that we live in a privileged bubble.

7% of the world has a college degree.

The median full-time fast food worker in the US is in the top 6% income, globally.

I think in the places you’re thinking of, using starlink as backhaul for community wireless is more likely ?

There’s always going to be capex to bring the internet to far-flung places, but my point was that starlink means it’s no longer “dig a 100km trench and install a fibre” expensive.