Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders

Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by mmaunder on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:22AM (#43331339)

Tons of editorializing and no source cited other than this: https://monterreydailypost.com/2025/02/24/carlos-slim-orders...

Which cites this: https://www.milenio.com/

Which is just a home page.

Anyone got an actual source on this?

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by Ardren on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:26AM (#43331373)

https://www.milenio.com/negocios/slim-echa-pa-acuerdos-con-s...

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by KeithBrink on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:34AM (#43331437)

https://archive.is/JwEcG

The $22B number comes from the stock market downturn leading to a loss of wealth of $7B for Musk that happened to be on the same day that Slim said they will cancel contracts for an unspecified amount with Starlink and invest $22B into developing their own infrastructure.

So, the headline is completely false.

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by mmaunder on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:36AM (#43331445)

So predictable. And thankfully this has now been flagged.

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by mmaunder on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:30AM (#43331400)

Paywalled.

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by Ardren on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:30AM (#43331407)

Refresh and hit stop before it's done loading to read it

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by mmaunder on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:31AM (#43331415)

And thanks for the downvote. Here’s the bypass. Next time post it yourself please.

https://archive.ph/JwEcG

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by Ardren on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:47AM (#43331502)

I cannot downvote. But I wish I could now.

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by fastball on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:24AM (#43331355)

https://www.milenio.com/negocios/slim-echa-pa-acuerdos-con-s...

https://archive.ph/JwEcG

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by mmaunder on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:30AM (#43331409)

Thanks.

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by truegoric on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:25AM (#43331366)

I replied to a comment below with this link: https://www.livemint.com/companies/carlos-slim-cuts-ties-wit...

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by mmaunder on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:30AM (#43331402)

Not a source.

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by reaperducer on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:27AM (#43331384)

Tons of editorializing and no source

This seems to be just a rewrite of other people's work.

From previous HN discussions:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/tech-companies/mexican-...

https://mexicodailypost.com/2025/02/24/carlos-slim-orders-to...

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Re:Carlos Slim Cancels $22B in Starlink Orders by mmaunder on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:34AM (#43331433)

Yeah it’s hit the democratic echo chamber pretty hard with no links to a corporate announcement or other actual source. I’m also curious what his actual plans were, given that Starlink is incredibly bad at high urban density broadband. Was this rural solution of some kind?

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