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by zubspace 276 days ago
Maybe I'm missinformed, but doesn't starlink have to comply with rules made by local authorities? Afaik, when the internet goes down, like it happened in Thailand, Starlink can't be used too, because it always roots traffic to a ground station near the source.

If this would not happen, I would agree that Starlink is the future. But as it is right now, I don't see the point, unless you are living in or travelling to remote places.

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I think lots more is routed through the satellite network now[0].

[0] https://hackaday.com/2024/02/05/starlinks-inter-satellite-la...

Depends if they want to operate legitimately