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I find this article dubuous (or lets say "thinly sourced"). I.e. this phase "its Starlink satellite broadband service, which was keeping Ukraine connected to th
by sega_sai 5y ago
I find this article dubuous (or lets say "thinly sourced"). I.e. this phase
"its Starlink satellite broadband service, which was keeping Ukraine connected to the Internet" is just blatantly wrong. Yes they've send hundreds or maybe a few thousands of terminals ot a country with tens of millions of people. I have not seen any evidence that this plays any role for Ukraine.
It's good that Spacex did send the equipment, but it is still more of advertisement as far as I can see, rather than something keeps the connectivity of Ukraine to the internet. (I'm happy to see reports that show otherwise).
- rtutz 5y agoIt was apparently used to reconnect local cellular networks [1] to the Internet. In such a case, a single antenna scales better than if it is used by only one person. Still, the overall benefit was probably limited, otherwise we would have seen more reports about it. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/txh896/starlink_was_used_to_restore_mobile_network_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/txh896/starlink_w...
- mempko 5y agoThank you, I have said the same thing but you said it better than me!
- ryzvonusef 5y agoi wonder if this counts? https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1516474487381897225 https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/15164744873818972... > Is Starlink that important? It wouldn't be possible to restore 10 km of cable connection between villages in Chernigiv region after serious battles so quick. Normally it takes few months. Another case: provider Baryshivka-Net resumed the network for 5 villages by using only 1 .