spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · edit-210 months 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-square274fedilinkarrow-up12.1Karrow-down182file-text
arrow-up12.02Karrow-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-210 months agomessage-square274fedilinkfile-text
One of many articles: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/musk-stopped-ukraine-attack-russian-fleet-starlink-rcna104019
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up34·10 months agoThey don’t have a choice, everything else requires ground based infrastructure.
minus-squareKillAllPoorPeople@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·10 months 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-up6·10 months 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-up4·10 months 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.