Comment on Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

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SpecialSetOfSieves@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

There are several grave environmental and civil problems with Starlink and other proposed massive constellations:


I could go on, but I trust you get the point. I don’t object to temporary small-scale deployments of satellite groups during catastrophes, but we simply don’t need the permanent deployment of tens of thousands of satellites that the US, Europe and China intend to launch for global internet coverage - that can be almost entirely achieved from the ground.

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