Which is a more eco friendly form of providing internet to the globe? Undersea cables all over the ocean floor and cell towers 1000x more numerous than satellites dotting our land (each requiring power and other ground infrastructure), or 1000s of satellites in LEO? There’s money to be made because there’s still billions of people without access to internet. Or is connectivity not something to be aimed for?
Internet cafes in Africa already run off of it. Was simply not possible to get high bandwidth internet into rural communities before. Costs will come down and people can pool money. People in the rural US pay for it because it’s the cheapest option for them. You think they’re all just fanboys or something?
You really think that running all the infrastructure of terrestrial internet into rural kenya will end up being cheaper than starlink or even possible in the next 20 years? I am totally earnest when I say that I think starlink is the most economical and ecological solution for this problem. I would love if experts like yourselves would explain to me the ecological piece I’m missing that says this is not the best of all options.
Ha! I was searching for “ChloroPhilia” in Apple Books and all that came up was another eco-fiction book called “Chlorophobia”.
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Which is a more eco friendly form of providing internet to the globe? Undersea cables all over the ocean floor and cell towers 1000x more numerous than satellites dotting our land (each requiring power and other ground infrastructure), or 1000s of satellites in LEO? There’s money to be made because there’s still billions of people without access to internet. Or is connectivity not something to be aimed for?
Genuinely curious
The vast majority of the billions without internet access would nor be able to afford the StarLink startup cost and the high monthly subscription fee.
Internet cafes in Africa already run off of it. Was simply not possible to get high bandwidth internet into rural communities before. Costs will come down and people can pool money. People in the rural US pay for it because it’s the cheapest option for them. You think they’re all just fanboys or something?
You really think that running all the infrastructure of terrestrial internet into rural kenya will end up being cheaper than starlink or even possible in the next 20 years? I am totally earnest when I say that I think starlink is the most economical and ecological solution for this problem. I would love if experts like yourselves would explain to me the ecological piece I’m missing that says this is not the best of all options.
@Ben PHD Lockwood can you help me understand what we should do about this from an ecological perspective? Is this not a pressing issue in your mind?