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Google and ATT invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone service (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Google and AT&T

Dammit

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, if you want to guarantee that it's not something you can rely on...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

And they use that satellite to expand in areas that aren’t yours.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Right? Somehow that’s even worse than musky Elon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Welcome to SBC global, PacBell, AT&T, Google. What other names did this blob have? MaBell?