They're announcing now because they want to at least get a first round of that sweet, sweet investor (and probably government) cash coming their way ASAP! Who knows if they'll still have a "money is no object" buyer in a couple years?

My Samsung TV is a couple years old, but it has the option of defaulting to the last known input - bypassing their launch screen completely. If you use an external device like an Apple TV or Roku, you'll pretty much never have to see the Samsung screen again.

Of course with UTF one can come up with fake sites whose URLs are visually indistinguishable from the real site.

That's one nice thing about a password manager (if the site in question requires authentication)... it doesn't fall for that.

I live in a semi-rural area, which may be why I get good (non-oversubscribed) Comcast service right now. My wife is from a small farming area in northeastern Washington state - even they have had (non-Comcast) cable internet available for 15-20 years.

I'm sure there are places where Starlink was the first non-dialup internet available, but I suspect the list is smaller than you believe it is.

If that's what they're trying to do, they're doing a piss-poor job of it!

I get measured speeds of 2.4G down, 300M up from Comcast for $80 a month. I have to say that works fine for me, even on my remote work days.

No $40 monthly deals have shown up here...

When I last looked at Starlink, they were charging more than Comcast.

Translation: The money is given to the politicians.

During the most recent Patch Tuesday, Microsoft provided 1411 counterarguments to your statement.

I'll never forget the Y2K crisis.

It's the Claude Duet with Nat King Cole.

I think I'm gonna need a sabbatical after this week!

You joke, but that is a possibility.

All work with phages should be restricted to the Delta Quadrant.

After all, they're one of the main culprits who are driving memory and other hardware prices through the roof right now.