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Musk cut internet to Ukraine’s military as it was attacking Russian fleet (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are certainly more secure options but better is unlikely given how revolutionary starlink is.

[–] sturmblast 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there's nothing revolutionary about satellite internet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The revolutionary aspect is the quantity of the satellites and the affordability of access due to reduction in deployment costs.

[–] sturmblast 2 points 1 year ago

that's not revolutionary that's just scale