this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
529 points (97.1% liked)

World News

32184 readers
487 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml
AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml
jackmarxist@lemmy.ml
zephyreks@lemmy.ml
OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
529
Musk cut internet to Ukraine’s military as it was attacking Russian fleet (www.washingtonpost.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] StudioLE@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are certainly more secure options but better is unlikely given how revolutionary starlink is.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there's nothing revolutionary about satellite internet

[–] StudioLE@programming.dev 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.