Then, in 2019, Starlink went online.
Yes, I know about the problems with Starlink, although the psychopathy of it's owner wasn't as obvious at the time. But even then I understood the issues Prof. Sam Lawler (npub1dgc…cla4) often rails about. I knew exactly how bad it could be.
But I became an early adopter anyway. And I think most of you would hold your nose and sign up too if you lived in a cell dead zone miles from a high-speed Internet connection with geosync satellite Internet as your only option.
[contd]
Jack William Bell
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2025-07-23 21:16:16 UTC
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