alt Hacker NewsI just finished a long RV trip and I can tell you it's hard to underestimate the importance of internet access (which also means Wi-Fi calling and access to maps and weather) across our entire, enormous nation.
It's important not only for individuals but even more for businesses. Despite cell phone company ads with handsome celebrities in the desert, cell phones actually do not work in many places. But people do need to live and work in those places.
Replies
Gotta be online 24/7 or what?
This is a very wasteful way of getting communications to somewhat compensate the lack of competition in US telco market.
we should lay fiber about it, not do this wasteful atmosphere polluting bullshit
Do you know what also is important?
To know when a asteroid is on its way to us.
All that satellites make discovering them more difficult.
If your trip to desert is worth polluting whole low orbit and high atmosphere is debatable. Same goes for hypothetical business there. Maybe building towers would be a better idea in long term.
Once upon a time, people did long RV trips without internet access. Or even (cellular) phone access.