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The technology is great, it's the only way that many rural users can get high speed internet access. Europe needs to get its arse in gear and provide a non-American equivalent.
I'm aware that many rural users have no other option. However, fiber is a one time cost (for the most part), and if you have grid electricity, it can be brought to you. That's my point - the PUDs should have received the grant money to roll out fiber to more rural users. The rural parts of my county have done just that, rural users were the first to get publicly owned fiber drops because the county treats internet access as a utility.
It won't cover all bases, but again, if you have a grid connection, chances are that you could also have a subsidized fiber connection as well, if your county cares and if Musk wasn't given most of the rural internet grants from the FCC.
I wouldn't go as far to call the technology "great", either. Because the satellites are in LEO, they will eventually fall to earth, meaning they need constant replacement. All of those precious metals, burning up and falling back down to earth. Fiber only needs replacement when damaged, and even then, it's usually not much and is quickly fused back together. No rocket launch required.
“Only” way?