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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by m463 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:40AM (#26177439)
That's an interesting point.

I noticed this:

https://www.canadasatellite.ca/Satellite-Phone-Limitations.h...

"While satellite phones work essentially anywhere on earth, there are some physical and political limitations."

one limitation was not what I expected:

"Cuba restricts the use of satellite phones because they’re seen as tools for subversive purposes"

Back to starlink - I think distributed living is a wonderful if not the most wonderful application of this.

I can imagine in a number of years having a tesla pull a trailer with fold-out solar panels. Have a little self-sufficient base camp with power for climate, cooking, transportation. And now internet.

Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by ramraj07 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:23AM (#26177729)
I believe you can get into a metric ton of trouble if you try to import a satphone in India as well.
Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by girvo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:51AM (#26178773)
As a side point, Cuba’s internet is also filtered and such, but was remarkably easy to get around with an SSH tunnel. Was handy when I was there!