kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoGoogle and ATT invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone servicearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down11
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkGoogle and ATT invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone servicearstechnica.comkinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoI mean, if you want to guarantee that it’s not something you can rely on…
minus-squarerobolemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year 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-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAnd they use that satellite to expand in areas that aren’t yours.
minus-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoRight? Somehow that’s even worse than musky Elon.
minus-squarewerefreeatlast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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?