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		sunshinekitty on Dec 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AT&T won't upgrade millions of DSL users to fiber ... Except the satellites are already up and functioning, the service is available today. We will look crazy for burying thousands of miles of wires to residential in the future.

mort96 on Dec 13, 2024 | [–]

You can't add 10 million more subscribers and maintain broadband speeds without massively increasing the number of satellites.

Krutonium on Dec 13, 2024 | [–]

Except we won't, because the satellites are wildly over congested and wires are, frankly, far more reliable.

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