• Cethin
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    How about we encourage more competition or make it state owned instead?

    • TORFdot0@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Starling isn’t competing with terrestrial ISPs, it’s competing with other sat-isps and WISPs which will never get better internet otherwise.

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        I mean it is competing with terrestrial ISPs who continue to offer fewer megabits than you have fingers in the year of our lord 2023

      • Cethin
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Capitalists are the reason for that. Government involvement is just that the rules weren’t written well enough (although sometimes on purpose because they’re being paid, but still it’s the fault of capitalists, not the government).

        • PissinSelfNdriveway@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          No … the government is responsible for us. Lt having a useful public service. Capitalism is trash but at least we have space internet which is more than we were ever going to get from rich old fucks making laws. But then we get full on exceptional individuals that get angry because they think it’s gonna stop them from moving to Mars… in the words of Danny Boone " ain’t no motherfuckers gonna live on Mars".