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In principle maybe, but remember that starlink is currently more of a synthetic ionosphere that a suitable receiver can bounce signals off to a base station tha
by cwillu 5y ago
In principle maybe, but remember that starlink is currently more of a synthetic ionosphere that a suitable receiver can bounce signals off to a base station that is still relatively regional.
- djyaz1200 5y agoSure, and it could be jammed or blocked potentially as we've already seen in Ukraine. Assuming Starlink can eventually establish and maintain an exclusively space based internet connection anywhere then any site accessed could potentially circumvent local laws/censorship. Here is an article from 2016 about an Iranian using his satellite connection to get access to banned content... https://www.wired.com/2016/04/ingenious-way-iranians-using-satellite-tv-beam-banned-data/ https://www.wired.com/2016/04/ingenious-way-iranians-using-s...