Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sundogplanets</span></a></span> Yes, and that's a reason why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Megaconstellations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Megaconstellations</span></a> like it (and others as well as predecessors like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICO</span></a>) are garbage.<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendrell_Corporation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendrell</span><span class="invisible">_Corporation</span></a></p><p>Compare that to say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a> which launched with 77 satellites and those lasted 25 years, way longer than scheduled, and got recently replaced with a new generation instead...<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_Communications" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_</span><span class="invisible">Communications</span></a></p><ul><li>Granted even Iridium required bailouts and basically catering to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> military &amp; intelligence market with their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PTT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PTT</span></a> offerings that unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UHFSATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UHFSATCOM</span></a> at least have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> on.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQhE8ylRj00" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=eQhE8ylRj00</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OONzbJ2tbhA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=OONzbJ2tbhA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Not to mention <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SpectrumPollutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpectrumPollutant</span></a> and can only serve as means to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sabotage</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiber</span></a> deployment <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROI</span></a> espechally in rural areas, thus increasing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalDivide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDivide</span></a> further by making <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTH</span></a> buildups (even with government subsidies) harder to justify.</p>