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Ofcom's only card now is to have UK ISPs block 4chan. When that happens will Starlink comply? maybe. what if they block X? could get messy fast.

perihelions 1y ago
I'd be totally un-shocked if the UK criminalized Starlink (over OSA or otherwise), in part because they've already criminalized it before, in some of their territories[0,1]. [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)
- incone123 1y ago
  That barely got covered in the UK news, but if wealthy rural people (who don't have good wired or cellular internet) get told their Starlink is getting banned it will be much more newsworthy.
net01 1y ago
Imagine if some tech like DNS over UHF radio What could the UK do?
- aleph_minus_one 1y ago
  > Imagine if some tech like DNS over UHF radio What could the UK do? Criminalize this usage of UHF radio.
- justlikereddit 1y ago
  They'll just maintain course on their mission to make everything illegal no matter the technical details. Starting with whatever allows criticism of their parody of a farce of so called leadership.
- subscribed 1y ago
  UHF? With LOS range? How useful is that?
crtasm 1y ago
Not the only card according to the article >"Ofcom can instead ask a court to order other services to disrupt a provider's UK business, such as requiring a service's removal from search results or blocking of UK payments.
- f33d5173 1y ago
  >or blocking of uk payments Lol
  - crtasm 1y ago
    Do we think anyone in the UK is paying to advertise to the UK demographic noted on https://www.4chan.org/advertise https://www.4chan.org/advertise ?
lupusreal 1y ago
Starlink complies with this sort of stuff in the general case. The only reason they wouldn't in this specific case is if Musk decides to stir up some shit, which to be fair is totally possible.

perihelions 1y ago

I'd be totally un-shocked if the UK criminalized Starlink (over OSA or otherwise), in part because they've already criminalized it before, in some of their territories[0,1]. [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)

incone123 1y ago
That barely got covered in the UK news, but if wealthy rural people (who don't have good wired or cellular internet) get told their Starlink is getting banned it will be much more newsworthy.

net01 1y ago

Imagine if some tech like DNS over UHF radio What could the UK do?

aleph_minus_one 1y ago
> Imagine if some tech like DNS over UHF radio What could the UK do? Criminalize this usage of UHF radio.
justlikereddit 1y ago
They'll just maintain course on their mission to make everything illegal no matter the technical details. Starting with whatever allows criticism of their parody of a farce of so called leadership.
subscribed 1y ago
UHF? With LOS range? How useful is that?

crtasm 1y ago

Not the only card according to the article >"Ofcom can instead ask a court to order other services to disrupt a provider's UK business, such as requiring a service's removal from search results or blocking of UK payments.

f33d5173 1y ago
>or blocking of uk payments Lol
- crtasm 1y ago
  Do we think anyone in the UK is paying to advertise to the UK demographic noted on https://www.4chan.org/advertise https://www.4chan.org/advertise ?

lupusreal 1y ago

Starlink complies with this sort of stuff in the general case. The only reason they wouldn't in this specific case is if Musk decides to stir up some shit, which to be fair is totally possible.