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Musk cut internet to Ukraine’s military as it was attacking Russian fleet (www.washingtonpost.com)
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If you're hitting a paywall, here's a CNN link to the same story: https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there's nothing revolutionary about satellite internet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The revolutionary aspect is the quantity of the satellites and the affordability of access due to reduction in deployment costs.