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He said "parts" of Ukraine. He didn't say all of Ukraine. I think it's probably highly likely there are some parts of Ukraine without Internet and using Starlin
by saberience 5y ago
He said "parts" of Ukraine. He didn't say all of Ukraine. I think it's probably highly likely there are some parts of Ukraine without Internet and using Starlink would be the only way to get internet.
- traceroute66 5y ago> He said "parts" of Ukraine. And which "parts" of Ukraine would that be that don't have the view of the sky required to get Iridium, Inmarsat etc. working ? Last time I checked, Starlink required a view of the sky too. ;-)
- mobilefriendly 5y agoTraditional satellite phones, with 800ms latency and data caps, are not in the same category as the unmetered broadband access provided by low orbit Starlink.
- teleforce 5y agoNot trying to pedantic (OK maybe a little), but the tweet is clearly mentioning "communications systems" not unmetered broadband access, and there's a huge difference between the two.