SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth

Post by bigyabai » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC

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Why do you see things as negativeism vs positivism? Do you not live in a world where good and evil are syncretic? That mindset is bizarre, to me. My personal experience with Starlink is that it's an expensive LTE alternative. It's not a broadband replacement, the entire thing is pretty clearly a coverup for dual-use technology in low earth orbit: Starshield was adapted from the global communications network Starlink…

I choose positivity, because it allows me to live a happy life. Regarding Starlink, I like it because it gives people free internet in flights. It gives a friend the possibility to stay in a rural home while being able to work. It gives tens of thousands access to information when there are catastrophes like the Venezuela earthquake. It makes people being able to live a happy(er) life.

Post by digitaltrees » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC

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Compounding interest means, left unchecked, the natural progression is the “voting” power concentrated until there is only a monarch. A trillion dollars will accumulate $100 billion in passive wealth simply by existing

Compounding interest just skewes the balance so that being voted for earlier is worth more than being voted for later. I'm not saying it's a good system, but it's "aiming" for realtively good things. Just needs a bit of rebalancing regarding what activities help people get voted for. Basically harm shouldn't pay, squatting on limited resources shouldn't pay.

Post by olcarl75 » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

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Family lives in Rio/Brazil. With the efforts from our government every year that passes, public safety becomes worse and suburban areas get more marginalized, it got to a point where the drug traffickers from my area start cutting the fibers and leaving letters on mailboxes saying that from now on, anyone who wanted internet had to get their illegal internet. Which meant shitty speeds and if you have a problem with b…

So the drug traffickers that cut the fiber have no problem with your Starlink dish outside your home, and don't break it and/or threaten you? If they care, that seems like an oversight they will soon correct once enough people start using it.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC

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I have started to see what I think are star link satellites at night on walks with my kids. It actually makes me sad to see that on person owns the night sky and is changing the literal stars my kids will grow up with. It feels different when it’s the government that theoretically represents people but when it’s one person that feels truly depressing.

> It feels different when it’s the government that theoretically represents people but when it’s one person that feels truly depressing. I worked on technology for years that the FCC effectively killed for stupid reasons. So it’s heartening to me that someone can still just do stuff and build things. It’s amazing. If you asked me 10 years ago I would have thought that getting something like Starlink off the ground wo…

Post by consumer451 » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC

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When Starlink first became available here in poor-ish Central-EU, I was excited. Then, only months later, but after years of planning: EU funding brought fiber to my farm area, at ~$25/900mbps 10ms. While my story is just n=1, I don't understand the huge upside for Starlink outside of Africa or India, where they have However, I am dumb, and very open to be convinced.

> I don't understand the huge upside for Starlink outside of Africa or India You just said it yourself: > Then, only months later, but after years of planning: Starlink is no replacement for fiber, but even all across the EU and the US there are many places without fiber access.