Russia mulls fines for citizens using Elon Musk’s StarLink internet

theweek.in ^ | 01/13/2021

[familyop]

"These micro-satellites are causing havoc with astronomers."

Amazon ("project Kuiper") and Samsung (doing a lot of business with companies like Apple and Sony) are also launching constellations of satellites. I don't expect those companies to be very agreeable with free speech.

Caution about believing or least further disseminating some of the publicity might be wise. Because when one competitor gets ahead, others will temporarily publish and broadcast negatives about the technology in general. If they were to get ahead of of Musk's Starlink, they would be likely to swing towards promoting the technology. I've recently seen that pattern in propaganda. Some of the global corporations and politicians know that most people have short or dimming memories.

[familyop]

Don’t be surprised, if Russia and/or China get friendly with one of Musk’s competitors. Remember the companies that already have contracts with China, and how they’ve helped with the censorship and obstruction over there.

[cpdiii]

“Wonder how they deal with the latency issue with sats?”

Low earth orbit not the 25000 mile geostationary orbit. You will be handed from satellite to satellite as they pass overhead just like what happens with cell towers.

[PLMerite]

“These micro-satellites are causing havoc with astronomers.”

Yeah, they’re not gonna know which little white dot becomes the Enterprise.

[familyop]

Elon Musk is already launching satellites and providing ISP services. Maybe he’s not really in favor of monopolies. Some of the other CEOs, on the other hand, want to provide everything and control everything that consumers are involved in, including the consumers and their thoughts.

From some of Mr. Musks statements so far, it appears that he’s much in favor of our American freedoms. He might be standing aside for any other entrepreneurs wanting to establish freer communications (like social media). We’ll see in time.

[steve86]

Yeah, I just got an invitation to participate in “beta trial”. $500 for equipment and $100/month. I think Musk should be paying me!