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minus-squarerobolemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·6 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-up2·6 months agoAnd they use that satellite to expand in areas that aren’t yours.
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.