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Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply) (www.engadget.com)
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[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah they still rely on base stations to transmit/receive the signals.

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 2 months ago

It most probably can work directly with satellites, but I don't think some user is going to put the effort into setting up a direct system (∵ high cost), just to use the bloated site, X is (∵ low throughput internet).