Comment on SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant
Fades@lemmy.world 1 year agoThe more people that use starlink the slower and less usable it becomes, additionally phony stark can turn it off whenever he sees fit.
Good luck with that
nixcamic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In theory they’re gonna keep upgrading the network, they’ve been constantly launching new and better satellites since launch. Also yeah in theory they can turn it off but that’s such an odd hypothetical that who cares. In theory our old ISP could also do that.
And if Starlink does die we just go back to our old garbage or hopefully someone else will have a functional LEO constellation by then.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
“In theory”?
He did turn it off in an effort to influence the Ukraine/Russia conflict.
nixcamic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
theguardian.com/…/elon-musk-biographer-admits-sug…
The original source of that claim retracted his statement…