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With a few companies working on global, fast, low-latency satellite internet it seems that censorship will get much harder. I'd guess the place to stop people
by bonsai80 9y ago
With a few companies working on global, fast, low-latency satellite internet it seems that censorship will get much harder. I'd guess the place to stop people would be in preventing them from paying for the service. Are there still ways to control this form of internet access? If not, satellite internet development seem worth it even if only as a humanitarian effort.
- aianus 9y agoUnless the upload signal was somehow ultra-directional like a laser or something, they would detect your upload transmissions and come and arrest you. Same as if you started up a cell phone jammer in the US.
- crowbahr 9y agoYeah, it's pretty old tech to triangulate a broadcast but I'm decently certain that satellite transmissions need to be directional. The problem then is you need the tech of a directional satellite dish that knows where to send the data.
- trevyn 9y agoThe antenna on the satellite itself is highly directional, which is enough to get you a good enough link budget to Earth for many applications with a relatively omni antenna on the ground. See e.g. XM radio, Iridium.
- bonsai80 9y agoAh, bummer.