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Desert Tortoise
Lol, no. Microsoft seeks to extract internet ad revenue from millions in Africa by satellite
Paul14
Microsoft should do this for the U.K too. Why? Well, currently customers can only purchase internet via virgin fibre optic cable or B.T, and other operators, still using the old copper B.T lines. There's money to be made in the U.K. Just provide a decent service.
Yrral
Microsoft better be glad,they are not buying a pie in the sky Activision,they can buy a telecom network instead, nobody own the internet,you can connect to internet node for free Google Connected To The Internet Node
Desert Tortoise
If you learn how satellites remain in orbit you would know that there are dozens, maybe hundreds of Starlink satellites that fly over China in any given day. Satellites in low Earth orbit circumnavigate the earth every 45 minutes but their path over the Earth is different with each orbit. Starlink satellites are not in geostationary orbits. And yes the Chinese are in a tizzy over this, openly discussing shooting them down and filing complaints in the UN.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4477208-spacex-starlink-satellites-getting-on-china-nerves
https://pocketnow.com/why-china-destroy-starlink-satellites/
Desert Tortoise
Yes it is. Dictators everywhere fear most their people knowing the truth about them and access to global internet will allow those living in dictatorships to learn the truth and not have to listen to the constant lies from their, cough cough, "leaders". Moreover, dictators greatly fear the ability of their people to communicate and share ideas in the open, something that Starlink or similar systems will facilitate and be hard if not impossible for dictators to jam.