kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoGoogle and ATT invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone servicearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down11cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 months agoI mean, if you want to guarantee that it’s not something you can rely on…
minus-squarerobolemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5 months agoGoogle will cancel the project in 18 months. AT&T will take over google’s part of it and promise never to raise rates but then they’ll add a new kind of fee every 2-3 months until you’re basically buying them a new satellite every month.
minus-squaretsonfeirlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoAnd they use that satellite to expand in areas that aren’t yours.
minus-squaretsonfeirlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoRight? Somehow that’s even worse than musky Elon.
minus-squarewerefreeatlast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoWelcome to SBC global, PacBell, AT&T, Google. What other names did this blob have? MaBell?
Dammit
I mean, if you want to guarantee that it’s not something you can rely on…
Google will cancel the project in 18 months. AT&T will take over google’s part of it and promise never to raise rates but then they’ll add a new kind of fee every 2-3 months until you’re basically buying them a new satellite every month.
And they use that satellite to expand in areas that aren’t yours.
Right? Somehow that’s even worse than musky Elon.
Welcome to SBC global, PacBell, AT&T, Google. What other names did this blob have? MaBell?