Elon Musk "secretly" disrupted a Ukrainian sneak attack on a Russian naval fleet by turning off Starlink's satellite network near the Crimean coast last year.
Fuck Musk, take the direct path around the problem: once and for all declare internet providers as utilities and prevent this kind of discretionary enforcement.
You run an ISP? Then you don’t get to zero-rate or prefer certain traffic. You give what they pay for.
And the orbits your satellites use? Those are fucking limited. They are not a gift, they are not free. They are not yours to control because you were “FIRST!”. Those are a public as this service should be.
Fuck Musk, take the direct path around the problem: once and for all declare internet providers as utilities and prevent this kind of discretionary enforcement.
You run an ISP? Then you don’t get to zero-rate or prefer certain traffic. You give what they pay for.
And the orbits your satellites use? Those are fucking limited. They are not a gift, they are not free. They are not yours to control because you were “FIRST!”. Those are a public as this service should be.