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minus-square@dumbpotato@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish-21•7 days agoSatellite and wired internet are not the future. The future is to just use our phones and cell towers.
minus-square@RedPostItNote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•7 days agoHi, I’m someone working on the rural fiber expansions. Those are what we use to feed the cell towers. You don’t want to rely on microwave or what else have you.
minus-square@dumbpotato@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish-11•edit-27 days agoRight. It’s way cheaper to connect cell towers than residences. There’s no way we’re going to be laying down fiber to reach all or even most US residences.
minus-squaredesktop_user [they/them] linkfedilinkEnglish0•7 days agoit may be cheaper, but I fucking hate data caps.
minus-square@dumbpotato@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish0•6 days agoI use Visible which has unlimited data for $25/month.
minus-square@calidris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish15•7 days agoThing is, we already paid for connecting a majority residences. The corporations we paid just didn’t do it.
minus-square@NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•7 days agoThey weren’t just paid, they were paid repeatedly and they repeatedly didn’t do it.
minus-square@qjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 days ago80% of the USA lives within urban areas (source). Urban “fiberization” is absolutely within reach. Agree that running fiber out to very remote areas is tricky, but even then it’s probably not prohibitive for all but the most remote locations.
Satellite and wired internet are not the future.
The future is to just use our phones and cell towers.
Hi, I’m someone working on the rural fiber expansions. Those are what we use to feed the cell towers. You don’t want to rely on microwave or what else have you.
Right. It’s way cheaper to connect cell towers than residences.
There’s no way we’re going to be laying down fiber to reach all or even most US residences.
it may be cheaper, but I fucking hate data caps.
I use Visible which has unlimited data for $25/month.
Thing is, we already paid for connecting a majority residences. The corporations we paid just didn’t do it.
They weren’t just paid, they were paid repeatedly and they repeatedly didn’t do it.
80% of the USA lives within urban areas (source). Urban “fiberization” is absolutely within reach.
Agree that running fiber out to very remote areas is tricky, but even then it’s probably not prohibitive for all but the most remote locations.
Username fits.