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Ask HN: What impact will Starlink (satellite internet) have on China?
Starlink will be able supply internet to anywhere in the world, making geography largely irrelevant. Users will need a terrestrial receiving station, but these could be cheap to produce.
China has the “great firewall” (GFW) filtering its internet, operating at chokepoints of terrestrial connectivity, i.e. the points where physical wires exit China.
What impact will the availability of satellite internet services like Starlink have on internet filtering regimes like the GFW?
- wmf 7y agoEither Starlink will go through the great firewall or China will just execute anyone found in possession of the equipment.