• terath@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Canada is building its own starlink like service.

    https://www.telesat.com/leo-satellites/

    The first production satellites will start launching in 2026. It sucks that remote communities will have to wait a few more years, but it’s better than buying from a hostile foreign power that we’re at war with.

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      6 days ago

      A company headquartered in Canada and “Canada” are very different things.

      I can’t believe I live in an era where we celebrate blocking ourselves off from space for the sake of private interests selling higher resolution porn to rural communities. Especially when we could just be investing in public, terrestrial infrastructure.

      • Subscript5676@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        “Investing in public infrastructure” is not a term I’ve heard from any government in a long time and it saddens me.