spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoMusk's interference to protect Russia allowed Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, and resulted in the deaths of civilians including children - Zelensky advisor.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up12.09Karrow-down180file-text
arrow-up12.01Karrow-down1imageMusk's interference to protect Russia allowed Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, and resulted in the deaths of civilians including children - Zelensky advisor.sh.itjust.worksspaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square282fedilinkfile-text
One of many articles: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/musk-stopped-ukraine-attack-russian-fleet-starlink-rcna104019
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 year agoThey don’t have a choice, everything else requires ground based infrastructure.
minus-squareKillAllPoorPeople@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoStarlink 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.
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYes, 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.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoOk, so I stand corrected. But still, it doesn’t need antennae like with cellular internet.
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.