Starlink technically requires ground based infrastructure but they don’t need to be in Ukraine. The closest Starlink ground stations to Ukraine are in Turkey and Poland, according to this map.
as in the only high bandwidth communications network capable of doing things like this. starlink is this little thing called a monopoly and that is what caused this situation…
Seriously, the Starlink and Falcon 9 production is unlike anything else. Amazon and China will try to copy it, but it’ll take them way more time and money.
Why the fuck are they relying on starlink.
They don’t have a choice, everything else requires ground based infrastructure.
Starlink technically requires ground based infrastructure but they don’t need to be in Ukraine. The closest Starlink ground stations to Ukraine are in Turkey and Poland, according to this map.
Yes, those sites bridge star link and the rest.of the internet, but that doesn’t change the requirements for ind users so only have a tmall antenna.
Ok, so I stand corrected. But still, it doesn’t need antennae like with cellular internet.
Because Russia blew up domestic infrastructure, so satellite based communication looked like a decent alternative.
the question is why the fuck was a private company allowed to build and operate star link?
Because the DoD can have plausible deniability by not giving Ukraine access to the actual military satellite network.
what do you mean by allowed? as in if you are a private company you should not be allowed to have satellites? is that what you mean?
as in the only high bandwidth communications network capable of doing things like this. starlink is this little thing called a monopoly and that is what caused this situation…
Turns out it’s not very easy to just dump a ton of satellites and pop out a new network whenever you want.
Seriously, the Starlink and Falcon 9 production is unlike anything else. Amazon and China will try to copy it, but it’ll take them way more time and money.
As in there’s only so much air space and it’s already crowded…
It’s needs regulated, letting any company throw whatever they want up there is fucking stupid.
Name any point in human history when letting companies do whatever the fuck they want in an area hasn’t fucked over the majority of people.