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A European Starlink rival’s shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here’s why (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

But sadly increased latency. Also don't hold your breath on Canada telecom anything, we have a history of being the worst at it.

[–] BevsDad@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

I don't mind a bit more latency (should still be nicely below 100ms) but my use case is more related to mid-Atlantic mobile connectivity than remote region broadband.

Their planned implementation just seems much better than others with beam shaping, linked satellites and less than 200 satellites to maintain and replace.

Although you're not wrong about our telecom track record...

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Your internet and mobile phone service kicks the UKs arse.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh no, oh dear everything no. Maybe in a few cities sure, but where I am I literally have no functioning internet anymore (they let the lines degrade below 1 Mbps) and have massive patches where cell phones don't work at all (love when I hit a antelope and have to stand on the roof of my car to maybe get enough signal to call a tow).

Like no joke we have the worst and most expensive telecom in the developed (and a lot of the developing) world.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

I should have considered the fact that I was always within an hour or so of Toronto.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To be fair two cans and a piece of string kicks the UKs arse when it comes to telecommunications.