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I think the relevant quote here is, "they can shake their fist at the sky".
by generalizations 2y ago
I think the relevant quote here is, "they can shake their fist at the sky".
- perihelions 2y agoSatellite internet isn't a philanthropy project. Whoever's selling it is operating a retail front in the client's country, running payment processing and delivering or shipping physical satellite dishes. Even if the satellite vendor is aligned with your interests (I'm not touching that third-rail topic)—if your government doesn't want you to have satellite internet, you won't have it. Satellites aren't, in practice and for the time being, a technological end-run around sovereignty and the practical ability of governments to censor internet access. It's been discussed on HN before, that even first-world democracies, such as the UK [0,1], feel comfortable enacting laws banning satellite internet. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979869 ("Starlink in the Falkland Islands – A national emergency situation? (openfalklands.com)", 225 comments) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37645945 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37645945 ("Saint Helena Island Communications (sainthelenaisland.info)", 145 comments)
- generalizations 2y agoInterestingly, I don't think you have to purchase the starlink in the same country you plan to use it (else what would be the point of the Mini version).
- alienthrowaway 2y ago"they fan shake their fist at the sky... and with the other hand strangle payments that are very much terrestrial"