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And you think there's phone signal on the middle of the jungle? Sometimes hundreds of miles from the nearest asphalt road? Check google maps and see how you'd

And you think there's phone signal on the middle of the jungle? Sometimes hundreds of miles from the nearest asphalt road? Check google maps and see how you'd get to and from here (notice, getting up here would be the "easy" part of the journey - there's even "street view" https://maps.app.goo.gl/2XEL3J3aJWoLEGY58 https://maps.app.goo.gl/2XEL3J3aJWoLEGY58 )

bamboozled 3y ago
Starlink, it's enabled lots of awesome nasty shit.
- gruez 3y ago
  Unlikely, given that isn't even a partner in Brazil yet https://www.starlink.com/business/direct-to-cell https://www.starlink.com/business/direct-to-cell
  - mmaia 3y ago
    Starlink is available in Brazil and dominates the broadband market in Amazonas. Antennas are commonly found with illegal miners. [0] 0- https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/cv2edkw84zmo https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/cv2edkw84zmo (Portuguese) https://www.starlink.com/map https://www.starlink.com/map https://www.starlink.com/br/business https://www.starlink.com/br/business https://www.starlink.com/br/residential https://www.starlink.com/br/residential https://www.starlink.com/br/service-plans https://www.starlink.com/br/service-plans
  - joshuaissac 3y ago
    > Unlikely, given that isn't even a partner in Brazil yet The article mentions thrice the use of Starlink by the miners: > Cabral said; they must have been warned that the G.E.F. was coming. He pointed to a white rectangular antenna on a tall pole in the center of the camp and said, “Starlink”—Elon Musk’s portable satellite-communications system. > “Wherever the miners have Starlink, we’re at a real disadvantage,” Finger told me. “They can warn each other there is a raid going on in the territory, and they can organize their work better.” > The new farm had a Starlink connection, and, as the rains abated, a pilot said that he was sure the farm manager would warn the miners that we were coming.
- mistrial9 3y ago
  Gold, weapons, heavy ammunition and Starlink antennas have become "the new normal" in seizures by Brazilian security forces in illegal mining areas, according to an Ibama spokesperson, told BBC News Brasil.

bamboozled 3y ago

Starlink, it's enabled lots of awesome nasty shit.

gruez 3y ago
Unlikely, given that isn't even a partner in Brazil yet https://www.starlink.com/business/direct-to-cell https://www.starlink.com/business/direct-to-cell
- mmaia 3y ago
  Starlink is available in Brazil and dominates the broadband market in Amazonas. Antennas are commonly found with illegal miners. [0] 0- https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/cv2edkw84zmo https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/cv2edkw84zmo (Portuguese) https://www.starlink.com/map https://www.starlink.com/map https://www.starlink.com/br/business https://www.starlink.com/br/business https://www.starlink.com/br/residential https://www.starlink.com/br/residential https://www.starlink.com/br/service-plans https://www.starlink.com/br/service-plans
- joshuaissac 3y ago
  > Unlikely, given that isn't even a partner in Brazil yet The article mentions thrice the use of Starlink by the miners: > Cabral said; they must have been warned that the G.E.F. was coming. He pointed to a white rectangular antenna on a tall pole in the center of the camp and said, “Starlink”—Elon Musk’s portable satellite-communications system. > “Wherever the miners have Starlink, we’re at a real disadvantage,” Finger told me. “They can warn each other there is a raid going on in the territory, and they can organize their work better.” > The new farm had a Starlink connection, and, as the rains abated, a pilot said that he was sure the farm manager would warn the miners that we were coming.
mistrial9 3y ago
Gold, weapons, heavy ammunition and Starlink antennas have become "the new normal" in seizures by Brazilian security forces in illegal mining areas, according to an Ibama spokesperson, told BBC News Brasil.