2026-11-01 21:41 UTC
Musk is charging Ukraine $2500 per month per Starlink terminal, for over 250,000 terminals. Musk is making bank for shitty service (it’s not fast enough for gaming) and then he cuts services for partisan purposes, costing Ukrainian lives.
The upsell maneuver reminds me of when Verizon tried to do the same thing to California wildfire response services when communications cut out during disaster control efforts. That didn’t play well, either.
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@Dreamcatcher@lemmy.zip 2026-11-01 22:12
it’s not fast enough for gaming Dawg, you need like a 5 megabit connection for online gaming, if even that. Starlink offers multiple times that at the minimum. I can understand it being too slow for many things, but gaming is one of the worst examples you could’ve possibly given. Couldn’t find a reliable source for the 250,000 figure. The closest thing I could find was 50,000 in 2025. I hate this as much as you do, but come on, don’t make shit up.