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bluedino on Nov 24, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: US internet speeds 91% faster in 2020 according to...

What would the cost be to provide “high speed” internet to rural areas? And what % would we need to cover? 95? 99?

wmf on Nov 25, 2020 [–]

Starlink will cost "over $10B" to build and will cover essentially the whole world. The FCC is getting ready to award $16B in rural broadband subsidies just for 10M people.

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