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> Starlink doesn't even offer service in Myanmar! If this is the case, what is the justification for allowing them at all? If the receiver's location is not in

> Starlink doesn't even offer service in Myanmar! If this is the case, what is the justification for allowing them at all? If the receiver's location is not in an authorized service area, why allow it to connect? In fact, I'm surprised that's not automated. I can't access websites due to geofencing, yet Starlink can't figure out the location of the dish accessing their network? I'm not buying that at all.

mschuster91 1y ago
> If the receiver's location is not in an authorized service area, why allow it to connect? Money and other KPIs. Money is an obvious KPI - 2500 terminals at 100 $ a month each, 250k a month in income, nothing to sneeze at. The more important KPI however is satellite utilization. And it's not like either the legitimate Myanmari government nor the various oppositional factions have any interest, much less ability, in trying to curtail Starlink.
- dylan604 1y ago
  they have interest in curtailing for the opposition while keeping it for themselves
  - aspenmayer 1y ago
    In light of this game of cat and mouse, the age of direct satellite-to-handset telecommunications is a harbinger of a more disquieting capability: dirtboxes in orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirtbox_(cell_phone) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirtbox_(cell_phone) > A dirtbox (or DRT box) is a cell site simulator, a phone device mimicking a cell phone tower, that creates a signal strong enough to cause nearby dormant mobile phones to switch to it.
killingtime74 1y ago
They can easily like you say, there's a GPS receiver in each terminal
- scarab92 1y ago
  The compound is located right next to the Thai border, on a section of river that juts into Thailand. Small parts of the compound actually appear to be within Thailand, at the border resolution Google maps uses: https://www.google.com/maps/place/16%C2%B038'51.2%2522N+98%C2%B031'14.6%2522E/@16.647556,98.520722,15z https://www.google.com/maps/place/16%C2%B038'51.2%2522N+98%C...
  - Snoozus 1y ago
    Yes, but starlink doesn't operate in Thailand either.

mschuster91 1y ago

> If the receiver's location is not in an authorized service area, why allow it to connect? Money and other KPIs. Money is an obvious KPI - 2500 terminals at 100 $ a month each, 250k a month in income, nothing to sneeze at. The more important KPI however is satellite utilization. And it's not like either the legitimate Myanmari government nor the various oppositional factions have any interest, much less ability, in trying to curtail Starlink.

dylan604 1y ago
they have interest in curtailing for the opposition while keeping it for themselves
- aspenmayer 1y ago
  In light of this game of cat and mouse, the age of direct satellite-to-handset telecommunications is a harbinger of a more disquieting capability: dirtboxes in orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirtbox_(cell_phone) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirtbox_(cell_phone) > A dirtbox (or DRT box) is a cell site simulator, a phone device mimicking a cell phone tower, that creates a signal strong enough to cause nearby dormant mobile phones to switch to it.

killingtime74 1y ago

They can easily like you say, there's a GPS receiver in each terminal

scarab92 1y ago
The compound is located right next to the Thai border, on a section of river that juts into Thailand. Small parts of the compound actually appear to be within Thailand, at the border resolution Google maps uses: https://www.google.com/maps/place/16%C2%B038'51.2%2522N+98%C2%B031'14.6%2522E/@16.647556,98.520722,15z https://www.google.com/maps/place/16%C2%B038'51.2%2522N+98%C...
- Snoozus 1y ago
  Yes, but starlink doesn't operate in Thailand either.