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Starlink Direct to Cell (direct.starlink.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I know a lot of people have issues with Elon musk. But starlink really has been an incredible game changer for people in rural areas or places where it's not practical to get cell or internet service. My parents live on the side of a mountain in Colorado where there's no cell service and it would have been thousands of dollars to run an internet line. Starlink has completely changed the game for their connection to the outside world and with us. I'm sure this will be even better for them.

[–] jay9 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bad people can do good things. And good people can do bad things.

The technology and drive to get this rate of growth is amazing.

[–] aodhsishaj 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yes, he bought it, now the question is how he will ruin it. I wouldn't want him anywhere near my network traffic, Elmo is the type of guy to run Musk-in-the-middle for shits and giggles, even without any other possible incentives.
And before any tls or e2e discussion starts - it's still possible to learn quite a lot if you are sitting on the channel level if you don't run vpn on your gateway constantly.

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