EU strikes €10.6 billion deal to launch homegrown Starlink competitor by 2030

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"If you want something screwed up, just let the government do it".
You seem to be very angry. Chill man.

Musk promised a more affordable service. News flash, compared to the other options, it IS. dial up is worthless, and other satellite options were only cheaper if you downloaded precisely one (1) cat picture per month. The data overages were insane, with 50-100GB caps and 2000+ms latency. If you actually USE the internet in any capacity, starlink is cheaper. If you only use 50GB a month, then sure hugesnet is cheaper. But that is, what, 0.01% of the possible userbase?

It's interesting you label musk a liar and a cheat, when he actually built the network he promised. Where are the networks that broadband and cable companies were paid hundreds of billions of dollars over the last 30 years at? they were supposed to "serve rural and underserved customers" yet nothing was ever built.

People think he is a cheat because he lied about true FSD; and engineers know he is a cheat because he talks about a singularity. He might have put the money he conned out of people to good use, but then he goes and spoils it by pulling the rug from under Ukraine, which was unforgivable, and a very stupid thing to do when dealing with a dictator. True, it's nice to have the internet in rural communities, but does that excuse this massive 8 year con.
You might know that most of the big seven won't even talk to him because of the 200 million he got for a program that didn't work and was never released as a standalone. VC's might be gullible and greedy, but nobody pays 200 million for something that doesn't work, without a backhander.