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by mikro2nd 814 days ago
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.
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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.