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[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 115 points 13 hours ago

Don't let the fascists fool you, there are alternatives to Starlink. Eutelsat in France, Telesat in Canada and Inmarsat in the UK, just to name a few examples.

[-] bradd@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

Why is starlink being used, do you know?

[-] Inktvip@lemm.ee 7 points 5 hours ago

Starlink has enough uplink to be able to handle live video streams and a latency low enough to do this with simple tools.

I’m not sure if that still happens, but I’ve seen some pictures of Ukrainian command bunkers literally getting drone feeds using discord screen share.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 53 points 13 hours ago

It’s faster, cheaper, and on the tech side more reliable (definitely not politically reliable though).

[-] learningduck@programming.dev 21 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

My guess is better coverage and latency with its sheer number of satellites.

They use low earth orbit, which require them to use more satellites, but lowered latency.

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