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Re:SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense and overcoming sign... by saberience on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:34AM (#30566572)
He said "parts" of Ukraine. He didn't say all of Ukraine. I think it's probably highly likely there are some parts of Ukraine without Internet and using Starlink would be the only way to get internet.
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Re:SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense and overcoming sign... by traceroute66 on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:39AM (#30566608)
> He said "parts" of Ukraine.

And which "parts" of Ukraine would that be that don't have the view of the sky required to get Iridium, Inmarsat etc. working ?

Last time I checked, Starlink required a view of the sky too. ;-)

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Re:SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense and overcoming sign... by mobilefriendly on Saturday March 05, 2022 @07:23AM (#30566891)
Traditional satellite phones, with 800ms latency and data caps, are not in the same category as the unmetered broadband access provided by low orbit Starlink.
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Re:SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense and overcoming sign... by teleforce on Saturday March 05, 2022 @09:36AM (#30567936)
Not trying to pedantic (OK maybe a little), but the tweet is clearly mentioning "communications systems" not unmetered broadband access, and there's a huge difference between the two.
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