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To: SeekAndFind

I think this is the problem that earth-bound providers and media fear the most.

Starlink is tethered to earth internet but is experimenting with laser interconnectivity between satellites. This would mean a net ABOVE earth that could be used between starlink subscribers and could provide services NOT available to earth internet users.

In other words, premium content that could be based in SpaceX servers and beamed only to Starlink for Starlink users. Elon is slowly but surely leaning free market and is anti-censorship. You might find in two years him extending encryption keys to Chinese behind the great firewall or allowing banned apps like Parler or Gab hosting on his service.

It might lead to an exodus from land-based providers to Starlink, which would push anti-censorship through technology again just as media and governments attempt to clamp down on land-based internet.


14 posted on 02/25/2021 8:06:13 PM PST by struggle
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To: struggle

Add government censors and the media to your list.

They can’t block your access to the satellites and the satellite constellation will not be limited to accessing the internet via US-based companies.


19 posted on 02/25/2021 8:25:29 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan. )
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To: struggle

I hear rumors that the Starlink network might be perfect for direct-to-home, FREE TV.

The idea being that content providers would pay for satellite distribution by way of providing cash or by giving Starlink ad spots on their channel. The video would be available anywhere on Earth and the end-user equipment would be subsidized in some fashion. It would also get the hardware in millions of homes and at any time a user could ad internet access instantly.

IMO, Musk is aiming at the cable and sat TV monopolies as well as the internet providers and big tech.

A free sat phone network might also be in future plans.


26 posted on 02/25/2021 9:20:17 PM PST by Bobalu (When I die I want to be buried in Chicago so I can stay active in politics)
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To: struggle

Starlink will also mean that girls in the Third World will be able to make money through 4K-video porn chats.

Porn has driven lots of technology.


40 posted on 02/26/2021 4:05:11 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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