“If we were to take over the entire connectivity capacity for Ukraine and all the citizens, — we wouldn’t be able to do that. Let’s just be very honest,” [CEO Eva Berneke] said.

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    I hope we don’t have hundreds of thousands cube sats in orbit. I’m hoping someone will standardize the hardware and different carriers can operate on the same devices much like cell towers. Otherwise we’re gonna have a mini dyson sphere of trash.

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      We will need bigger rockets for bigger satellites if you want multiple providers to add their own antennas to the same satellites and provide enough bandwidth.

      Another option would be some world entity managing the singular satellite internet, and everyone becomes a virtual network operator on that network like a MVNO on the cellular infrastructure. So one set of standard infrastructure. 1 antenna for everyone not 5 antenna for 5 companies.

      You end up with a law that says the person running the hardware can’t run the services. I wish they’d pass laws like that for our land based infrastructure.

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        That’s how fibre rollout happened in New Zealand, electricity is on the same model. lines company is separate from the isp and charges and standard regulated fee. Open access for ISPs to compete on speeds and service

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      Valid concern, and still more it’s one of the problems the current global political situation is only equipped/incentivized to worsen.

      For that situation to change, Musk’s name has to be made into a byword for downfall and defeat.