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Could this theoretically put an end to China's firewall?
by cody3222 6y ago
Could this theoretically put an end to China's firewall?
- _ph_ 6y agoMost likely not. At minimum China will require the local regulations to be observed if SpaceX wants to sell Starlink services to Chinese citizens. Also, currently ground-based stations are required so the filtering could be implemented there.
- GOONIMMUNE 6y agoI don't think so. Either Musk will change Starlink to comply with the great firewall (giving starlink access to a market of over a billion people), or China will ban Starlink terminals (which would be sort of like the current situation- Chinese citizens can get around the firewall with a VPN, but doing so is illegal)
- bryanlarsen 6y agoNo. Starlink relies on base stations which would need to be located within a couple of hundred of kilometres of the customer. It also relies on RF licenses which it needs to receive from every country in which it operates.