"ShitBand" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Blend of shit + StarBand. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|shit|w:StarBand}} Blend of shit + StarBand Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} ShitBand
  1. (vulgar, derogatory, historical) StarBand, a two-way satellite broadband Internet service available in the United States from 2000 to 2015. Tags: derogatory, historical, vulgar Related terms: StarBander
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          "ref": "2002 January 5, Robert, “Contract Termination”, in alt.satellite.starband (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Oct 2025:",
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          "ref": "2002 June 9, CHIEF WAR HORSE, “Horse's mother”, in alt.satellite.starband (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Oct 2025:",
          "text": "YUP.........Miss Fuk has shown what he does with his ShitBand connection",
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          "ref": "2002 August 12, Steven, “I QUIT!!!!!”, in alt.satellite.starband (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Oct 2025:",
          "text": "My year of ShitBand is up. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just called to have the service TURNED OFF. I told them how the service sucked and how you could not do P2P and play games like Quake on the Net. […] I will keep my DSL and they can take Shitband^([sic]) and STICK IT because it SUCKS",
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