• CombatWombat@feddit.online
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    21 hours ago

    I’m not sure I would characterize a $1500 access surcharge as “extremely competitive” but I agree we should run fiber to rural areas.

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      20 hours ago

      If you’re referring to the dish purchase, they’re free these days. But even so, when your competitor is $200-500 upfront for a latent multi hop WISP topping out at 30 or 50mbps for $100 per month, a solid 300mbps for $130 and $1000 for a dish is cheap

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        20 hours ago

        No I mean the $1500 monthly demand surcharge that is the subject of the article you’re commenting under:

        SpaceX is now charging some users so-called “demand surcharges” of up to $1,500