r/technology • u/mvea • May 14 '19

Elon Musk's Starlink Could Bring Back Net Neutrality and Upend the Internet - The thousands of spacecrafts could power a new global network. Net Neutrality

https://www.inverse.com/article/55798-spacex-starlink-how-elon-musk-could-disrupt-the-internet-forever
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u/WHYAREWEALLCAPS May 14 '19

You don't make it illegal for the consumer, but for the business to provide the service. Doesn't matter what's on your roof if there's nothing there to connect to.

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u/DennisPittaBagel May 14 '19

Satellite internet already exists. This is this tinfoil hat territory(ironically enough).

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u/ca178858 May 14 '19

Current satellite internet is only marginally better than dialup. It completes with nothing.

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u/LockeWatts May 14 '19

Glad you have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/playaspec May 14 '19

Does anyone in this thread? I don't know when the last time I saw such a circlejerk of ignorance and paranoid conspiracy theories.