How the Iranian Government Shut Off the Internet

Re:How the Iranian Government Shut Off the Internet by imglorp on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:11PM (#21596455)

Do we know anything about the end-user Starlink ground transceiver?

Specifically, I wonder if a old digital satellite TV dish and an RTL-SDR dongle and a little software would do the job. That stuff should all be available in rough countries.

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Re:How the Iranian Government Shut Off the Internet by rtkwe on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:56PM (#21597119)

It's been described vaguely as a flat disk about the size of a pizza box that only needs to be pointed mostly skyward. [0] It's extremely unclear how complex the radio setup will be in these so I'm not sure a simple SQR dongle would have the resolution to decode the signal.

[0] https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/24/spacex-reveals-more-starli...

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Re:How the Iranian Government Shut Off the Internet by blacksmith_tb on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:49PM (#21597036)

That's enough equipment to receive Othernet (nee Outernet) transmissions[1] (which are one-way, but would keep you informed potentially - but not let you get any news out).

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othernet

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Re:How the Iranian Government Shut Off the Internet by syedkarim on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:15PM (#21597366)

RTL-SDRs are receive-only devices.

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