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"Or lack the permission to offer the service." Musk once said that, in that case, the country's leaders could "shake their fists impotently at the sky". Which
by bradley13 2y ago
"Or lack the permission to offer the service."
Musk once said that, in that case, the country's leaders could "shake their fists impotently at the sky". Which is imho the right answer.
- cubefox 2y agoThis would likely mean Starlink dishes imported from the US would get confiscated at customs.
- yestes33 2y ago[flagged]
- Onavo 2y agoHis other businesses will most likely get sanctioned, employees associated with them will conveniently get searched and detained on trumped up charges whenever they visit said countries. It's very difficult because Musk's businesses are hardware businesses, and with hardware there is a supply chain involved. It's not difficult for a state level entity to create problems for his businesses.
- kjksf 2y agoThat was in the context of hostile nations, like Russia or Iran or Cuba, where Starlink has no chance of being allowed. Everywhere else it makes much more sense to get permission to operate (vs. trying some pirate operation where Starlink is treated like a contraband that needs to be illegally imported into the country, the payments must happen stealthily, you get no support etc.).
- lxgr 2y agoUntil one of them shoots down one of his satellites and ruins LEO for everybody. Space as a shared resource (as opposed to e.g. airspace) only works if countries (and corporations) respect each others sovereignty.
- CamperBob2 2y agoHow is Musk responsible for what amounts to a terroristic atrocity committed by an evil regime?
- talldayo 2y agoBecause people like me pay for his service, and if his service stops working we'll stop paying for it.
- CamperBob2 2y agoBecause people like me pay for his service, and if his service stops working we'll stop paying for it. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense, so I'm probably missing your point. Can you clarify?
- talldayo 2y agoI am a Starlink customer. I don't love or hate Musk particularly, but when he makes bold claims that foreign leaders are helpless to stop LEO internet I hope he's ready to back that up. In light of recent developments[0] I don't think it's appropriate to assume all adversaries are helpless, and terrorism or not I'd assume Russia feels they have casus belli on Starlink after Musk's clashes with Russian governance and cooperation with NATO allies. [0] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pentagon-official-warns-russian-anti-satellite-nuclear-weapon-devastat-rcna150314 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pentagon-official-warns-r...
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoSure, go ahead, shoot down a Starlink satellite. There will be another along in a few minutes. Shoot down every one that passes over country X? Hope you've got a few thousand antisatellite weapons, and you're willing to burn them on this...
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- InitialLastName 2y agoUntil he decides he wants to offer the service above-board to residents of those countries and their regulators decide that, because he's been shirking their laws for years, they won't allow him to import/sell his devices legally.
- wkat4242 2y agoThat's all nice and well for the sat segment. The downlink station and customer premise equipment is a wholly different story of course.