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Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by jki275 on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @09:11PM (#42395443)
That ship sailed long ago. there are tons of satellites that make that completely impossible to control.
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Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by fidotron on Thursday December 12, 2024 @06:45AM (#42398376)
It will change fast when a non NATO aligned entity attempts to deploy their Starlink.
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Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by brookst on Thursday December 12, 2024 @08:33AM (#42398988)
You mean like Thousand Sails [1]?

1. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/08/06/china-launches-its-rival...

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Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by tim333 on Thursday December 12, 2024 @08:39AM (#42399032)
Not as high tech as Starlink - one geostationary satellite - but twenty years ago I was using Thuraya, a Dubai based satellite service, to communicate from Tibet in a way that was not officially allowed by the Chinese but they couldn't do much about unless they searched my luggage for the phone I guess.
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Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by jki275 on Friday December 13, 2024 @07:59PM (#42413726)
I've used Thuraya in a region of the world not far from there as well. Globalstar, Iridium, Inmarsat were all available at the time as well.
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Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by m4rtink on Thursday December 12, 2024 @11:28AM (#42400580)
China is deploying one, complete with exploding upper stages shedding debris into long lived orbits. Only strongly worded complaints so far...
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