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Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Sharp Tech. I'm Andrew Sharp, and on the other line, Ben Thompson. Ben, how you doing?
Feeling incredibly smug. Okay. Smug and proud of myself right now. Just you you've made my day. No. You haven't made my day. You've made my year. How so? You are on, you know, your traditional summer trip somewhere in New England. I don't wanna know. Mhmm. Beautiful setting, great cabin, great video background, and your Internet is absolute garbage. We are on, like, the fifth take here trying to record this podcast. I think we're on your cellular hotspot right now. And do you know why your Internet is garbage right now?
Because I do not have a Starlink.
That's why. Because you're on cable Internet. And I almost certainly what is happening is your neighborhood is saturated. You're just randomly getting dropped. All the things that happened to me. And do you know what's not happening to me on any conversation for the last nine months?
Oh, boy. Living the fiber dream out I'm
just saying I'm just saying, like, wait. It was a ridiculous it was ridiculous that I spent the money to get this done. But every time someone else suffers, then I just feel great about myself. So thank you. I appreciate that. Retroactive justification for me spending ridiculous money to get fiber out of my house. But.
Absolutely. Look. I'm glad that my personal pain as I sit here squirming with the worst effing Internet on the face of the earth, our collective pain as a podcast team, I'm glad that at least it validates your individual choices out there in Madison. I'm ready to hop on a flight to get back to my fiber Internet in Washington DC, but here we are, and we have a lot to get to.
We are gonna look the backup Starlink for you as you travel going forward. I'm telling you, greatest technology ever. Anyhow, I do have to
know you sounded better to me, just for
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