Starlink’s number of New Zealand customers jumped 46% last year as it passed Spark to become the country’s largest rural internet provider. The satellite broad…
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Honestly, rural internet has been a joke for years. At least Starlink is doing something about it - screw the local providers if they can't cope.
agreed. We were on Spark before and it was literally dial-up speeds. Starlink ain't perfect but it's a step up.
Had Starlink for a year now. It's decent but bloody expensive. No way I'm going back to Spark though - that was rubbish.
don't trust it. Satellites are basically space junk and we're paying through the nose for it.
Great, more money for Elon Musk. Meanwhile our local providers can't compete because they're not subsidised by a billionaire's ego.
cope. Musk can do no wrong in your eyes. The guy is a clown.
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get stuffed. You think Spark would invest billions in satellites for us? No chance.
We use Starlink at our farm - it literally changed our lives. Rural broadband was a joke before, now we can actually work remotely.
Elon Musk fanboys incoming in 3...2...1... 🤡
My mate swears by Starlink but I'm still on fibre in town. Guess I'm lucky!
Exactly. People forget how bad it was. Starlink isn't charity it's business but at least it works.
People miss the point. Competition is good. If Starlink is cheaper and faster, why wouldn't you switch? Spark had years to fix rural coverage and did nothing.
I'm just happy we can video call the grandkids now without the call dropping every 2 minutes.
call mate. It's a lot when you add up everything these days.
Yeah nah price is a killer though. $159 a month is a lot for internet. But what choice do we have?
Facts. If locals can't compete that's on them, not on Starlink.
As if Spark ever gave a toss about rural customers. They had their chance.
