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SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink (arstechnica.com)
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We are talking about Starlink here, correct? Owned by Elon?

That said, all satellite networks are subject to dying if their ground-stations are taken offline, so if "all the fiber for a country goes down", so does Starlink.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    We are talking about Starlink here, correct? Owned by Elon

    No, we are talking about how hard of a target a satellite based network is vs a terrestrial fiber network. Starlink is being used purely as an example here, but is by no means a complete representation of all aspects of the technology.

    That said, all satellite networks are subject to dying if their ground-stations are taken offline...

    Yes, but they can route traffic between satellites and back down to working ground stations. Theoretically, one working ground station could keep the satellite network connected to the entire Internet. Hence why Starlink still works over Ukraine, and why it is such a big deal when Elon shuts it off.

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