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Re:Starlink is now on all seven continents, enabled by its s... by elil17 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @02:31PM (#32841266)
FYI English is the official language of Nigeria, and the one most people who can afford satellite internet speak day-to-day. No need to translate!
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Re:Starlink is now on all seven continents, enabled by its s... by db48x on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @03:07PM (#32841805)
Maybe that's why they're getting it months before anyone else :)
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Re:Starlink is now on all seven continents, enabled by its s... by capableweb on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @03:14PM (#32841907)
There are something like 10-15 countries in Africa where English is the official language, and there is almost as many English speakers in Africa as in the US in total :)
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Re:Starlink is now on all seven continents, enabled by its s... by gpm on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @03:18PM (#32841959)
It's much more likely to do with licensing radio bandwidth.
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