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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 85 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (19 children)

Yay, more space junk, and knowing Google they would abandon the whole thing a couple years in when it gets boring and leave them to rot.

Edit:not actually sat, which makes it weird to call a 'starlink competitor' then, but I don't write the headlines.

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (5 children)
  • They split off from Google.

  • They are not using satellites, they shine a lazer from one fixed tower to another, with range about 20 km.

[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That sounds similar to WiMax.

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yup. Now we have long-range WiFi filling that niche.

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