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Re:Saint Helena Island Communications by yencabulator on Monday September 25, 2023 @06:57PM (#37651909)
I wouldn't expect Starlink to serve remote ocean areas until after they have their space lasers working well and can transport the traffic to a continent.
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Re:Saint Helena Island Communications by Symbiote on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @03:44AM (#37655836)
They already do provide service to ships.

Base stations on remote islands are a routine thing to construct. The British Empire built the first global telegraph network using their island colonies, and some of these routes are still used for Internet cables. Ascension Island for example.

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Re:Saint Helena Island Communications by rlt on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:30PM (#37662793)
They have global coverage, including oceans:

https://www.starlink.com/maritime

https://support.starlink.com/?topic=9eb841b3-2e43-a6fb-ecc7-...

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