
You didn't understand. Escape velocity is for leaving Earth's vicinity. This dude is talking about achieving Low Earth Orbit, LEO or equivalent. No matter how much energy is imparted, to achieve LEO (or MEO, GEO, etc) requires one or more circularization burns. This simply can not be done by applying more initial force to the object. It could be done with Myrabo-type laser propulsion or a small solid rocket.
There's no magic. All we're seeing is stupid people getting burned because they didn't use basic due diligence.
Yes, and, no. The people getting burned here are customers, by the many thousands. You can't expect the end-user to know what the DRP / BCP is for a subcontractor of the provider of their wireless communicator data plan. I wouldn't call the end-users stupid, and they are the ones most significantly affected in this case.
What does that mean? They were the only ones who hadn't enough money? I mean do you take DRC audits seriously?
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. -- Aldous Huxley