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Re:Royal Caribbean to use SpaceX's Starlink to provide inter... by googlryas on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @03:32PM (#32667187)
Not unusual, but it seems like you would want to be contacted in an emergency. So it's a good thing that cruise ships will be getting great internet service. You still have the choice to ignore non-emergency calls and only take emergency calls.
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Re:Royal Caribbean to use SpaceX's Starlink to provide inter... by ghaff on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @04:16PM (#32667770)
Maybe? If I'm in the middle of the Atlantic and can't do anything maybe not. In any case, I'd be reasonably confident that regular satellite communications today would get a regular emergency message through assuming someone knows what ship you're on.
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