Looking for a new internet provider. Possibly new phone service as well…
The old ways aren’t cutting it, might as well downsize completely this spring. Are there any companies or plans that you’re particularly happy with if you use your internet a lot ?
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@Neman1622 Not if [b]that’s[/b] what you’re paying. Maybe for a business owner it balances out, but for residential service that’s outrageous. And I’d have no desire to make Elon Musk wealthier.
@sarabee1995 It's satellite based, it comes with all the disadvantages of a satellite network. High latency, instability and higher costs are no surprising at all.
It's a lifesaver if you're anywhere remote, but that's about that
@Neman1622 Speed specs are published. It's very slow compared to fiber which costs far less. It's only advantage, as already pointed out, is rural areas.
@Neman1622 It's still a significantly higher latency (and jitter) compared to a wired medium. Even the wifi I have on my desk, in spite of being a few meters away from my phone, has measurably higher latency and jitter than the ethernet cable. Let alone something in orbit, no matter how low. It's a physical limitation of wireless networks, it doesn't matter how fancy they are, physics won't bend its rules to accommodate Musk.
I've taken a telecommunications study path and I've studied these things. If anything, the one who sounds clueless (read: "don't know shìt") are you Elongelicals.
