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Starlink Mini as a failover

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Re: Starlink Mini as a failover

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I prefer having a 2nd wired connection as my backup. The satellite connection has some clear benefits, but it's still going to outer space. A DOCSIS failover won't suffer from rain fade or a something landing on the antenna. If I've got a situation so bad it takes out both of my connections I've probably got bigger things to deal with than internet access. The buried fiber getting cut by is really the only thing that…

It honestly has to be very strong rain for it to create connection issues. I dont know where you live but here in germany we have that maybe once or twice a year with our antenna.

Re: Starlink Mini as a failover

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I guarantee you, you’re giving money to people much worse than him every time you shop, without realizing it.

Yeah but that doesn't mean that you should give money to people where you know for sure they suck?

For all other cases, you can still try to not give money to people who suck by going for fair trade products and stuff like that.

Re: Starlink Mini as a failover

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His politics are less extreme than you probably think. Modern journalism goes for clicks, which means generating outrage.

Did you see what DOGE did to the government? In particular to USAID? Estimates are that this has already killed hundreds of thousands of people who relied on that aid.

The issue isn't just Musk's politics. It's that his actions have been evil, the kind of negative impact that major wars have.

We're talking something like 1 million dead people per year with a quarter of those being children. For a level of assistance that cost the US nothing (0.43% of federal spending). This is an evil that in a few years puts you on the list of biggest mass murderers in history.

Re: Starlink Mini as a failover

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I don't understand this mentality.

What makes Musk different than Blackrock for instance? Or Monsanto, or Shell, or any corporation both of us rely on and support, in return for being able to eat, fuel our car, etc.

Is it because Musk isn't lobbying behind the corporation but doing it publically?

I truly don't understand where ya'll draw the line.

I truly don't care what other people do or want, I just look to ensure I can live the life I desire while respecting that which others want or impose. As if me being angry or boycotting them will change their hearts. If it changes anything it's their tactics (more deception).

Another example is AI. I despise it, and honestly think it's evil. Yet I'm using it to secure financial stability in a way that does not require AI to sustain.

So when AI takes over my programming job I have the alternative already running, thanks to AI.

Don't reject the massive advantages of Starlink because of a man, just as you're not actively starving yourself despite our food supply being basically poison, caused by boards of men.

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