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hmmm we have ppl in Kaz. Suddenly Starlink sounds like a useful tool in the back pocket.
by senectus1 5y ago
hmmm we have ppl in Kaz.
Suddenly Starlink sounds like a useful tool in the back pocket.
- hippich 5y agoat least in Belarus one can _receive_ from the sat but can not _transmit_ to the sat. precisely for that reason. i would not be surprised that in the rest of former USSR countries there are similar laws. nonetheless, looks like protesters there are successful despite cut internet.
- OldManAndTheCpp 5y agoNot being able to send means they can't use Starlink in Belarus, right? There's no ability to send e.g. HTTP GET, so you can't actually use the internet. Right?
- senectus1 5y agohow would they govern the sending to sats? via starlink themselves?
- raxxorrax 5y agoStarlink offers full duplex lines compared to classical satellite connections that require a secondary line for sending data.
- hippich 5y agocorrect. last time i checked, sat internet is possible, but outbound connections are happening via local ISP. This worked quite well in the past to download large files. Nowadays with fast local internet such sat/local setup doesn't make much sense anymore.
- wrinkl3 5y agoI've been thinking about Starlink too. Rural Kazakhstan should actually be pretty good for reception with all that barren steppe.