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Starlink in Iran and Venezuela
by inemesitaffia 2y ago
Starlink in Iran and Venezuela
- lxgr 2y agoDoes it really work in Iran? That would be a US embargo violation on top of an international law one, right? I suppose they could make the case that it’s technically infeasible to limit their satellite beam footprints that granularly (like it used to be the case for non-spotbeam services), and that their service limitation works on the basis of billing addresses, not physical cells – except that they seem to be very capable of enforcing that to distinguish mobile from stationary plans, and ocean from land areas.
- inemesitaffia 2y agoYes. They've lost at least two lawsuits at the ITU. The US has granted SpaceX a sanctions waiver.