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The Telecom Digest for Tue, 18 May 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 138 : "text" format

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Re: The Verge Reviews Starlink Beta
The government has a program to cut your Internet bill. Verizon is using it to force you onto a new data plan.
The Verge Reviews Starlink Beta

Message-ID: <20210517160722.GA30046@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 16:07:22 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: The Verge Reviews Starlink Beta On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 03:00:02PM -0400, Monty Solomon wrote: > The Verge Reviews Starlink Beta > Steve Stroh > > A number of people who've followed my two previous articles - Why > Starlink Will Win Rural Broadband and More on Starlink pointed out an > article published today on The Verge: > > Starlink review: broadband dreams fall to Earth by Nilay Patel. > > Unfortunately, instead of being a fair and impartial review, I think > Patel misses two three four major points about Starlink, and missing > those points tarnishes the review.n > > https://www.bwianews.com/2021/05/the-verge-reviews-starlink-beta.html Mr. Stroh's critique includes this comment, and a quote from the original: ... the article is readable, informative, and at points actually amusing, such as: And lastly, if you are a telecom executive or regulator in the United States, you have no choice but to see Starlink, its execution, and the unrestrained excitement and hype around it as a direct indictment of your rhetoric and efforts to properly connect this country to the internet over the past two decades. I couldn't agree more: it *is* amusing. The idea that the political class can continue to sit astride a bottleneck that chokes off any information that our ruling class doesn't want us to see is both laughable and sad. It doesn't matter what technology bypasses that bottleneck, only that it will happen. Bill -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
Message-ID: <20210517161041.D95CC734@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 16:10:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: The government has a program to cut your Internet bill. Verizon is using it to force you onto a new data plan. By Geoffrey A. Fowler The government has a new program to help Americans pay their Internet bills. Unfortunately, companies like Verizon are twisting it into an opportunity for an upsell. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/17/verizon-emergency-broadband-benefit/
Message-ID: <0F6476DC-2CEC-47E1-8413-6E2B67B06212@roscom.com> Date: 16 May 2021 15:00:02 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: The Verge Reviews Starlink Beta The Verge Reviews Starlink Beta Steve Stroh A number of people who've followed my two previous articles - Why Starlink Will Win Rural Broadband and More on Starlink pointed out an article published today on The Verge: Starlink review: broadband dreams fall to Earth by Nilay Patel. Unfortunately, instead of being a fair and impartial review, I think Patel misses two three four major points about Starlink, and missing those points tarnishes the review.n https://www.bwianews.com/2021/05/the-verge-reviews-starlink-beta.html

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