There is something to be learned from the simplicity and quaintness of this site - the information density is much higher than 90% of modern web sites. In a single page, by simply scrolling I learned so much about the communication infrastructure of a British island outpost.
Saint Helena Island Communications
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#12> It has come to the attention of the St Helena Government that members of the public may have acquired, imported and be currently using terminals, such as Starlink, for the purposes of internet connectivity. Using such terminals is in contravention of the exclusivity of current telecommunications licencing arrangements made under section 3(4) of the Telecommunications Ordinance 1989. From 1 November 2023 anyone usin…
Why bother with Starlink if the fiberoptic subsea cable is live now?
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#13> It has come to the attention of the St Helena Government that members of the public may have acquired, imported and be currently using terminals, such as Starlink, for the purposes of internet connectivity. Using such terminals is in contravention of the exclusivity of current telecommunications licencing arrangements made under section 3(4) of the Telecommunications Ordinance 1989. From 1 November 2023 anyone usin…
I wonder if other countries will (or have) ban Starlink for censorship reasons. Or frankly, lack of censorship control.
So much of our governance, if not all, is based on geographic sovereignty, and satellites can supersede that.
I hope we finally get more global governance to deal with more and more global issues.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Relatedly, it's worth watching the entire Bill Gurley talk at the recent All-In Summit. Edit: Updating link to jump to the relevant section of the talk. https://youtu.be/F9cO3-MLHOM?t=397
What's the connection?
The chat covers some egregious examples of regulatory capture in the US. Part of the focus is the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which purported to increase competition but in fact accomplished the opposite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
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#15relevant documentary video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-QejUTDCWw
Content behind the random google video ID
"The World's Most Useful Airport [Documentary]" —Wendover Productions, 2019-12-31
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#17> It has come to the attention of the St Helena Government that members of the public may have acquired, imported and be currently using terminals, such as Starlink, for the purposes of internet connectivity. Using such terminals is in contravention of the exclusivity of current telecommunications licencing arrangements made under section 3(4) of the Telecommunications Ordinance 1989. From 1 November 2023 anyone usin…
Why bother with Starlink if the fiberoptic subsea cable is live now?
It's not rolled out yet: http://sainthelenaisland.info/communications.htm#maestrotech...
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#18I'm surprised they didn't use the .sh domain for the website.
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#19> It has come to the attention of the St Helena Government that members of the public may have acquired, imported and be currently using terminals, such as Starlink, for the purposes of internet connectivity. Using such terminals is in contravention of the exclusivity of current telecommunications licencing arrangements made under section 3(4) of the Telecommunications Ordinance 1989. From 1 November 2023 anyone usin…
Why bother with Starlink if the fiberoptic subsea cable is live now?
You still have to run the cable the last mile, even on an island.
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#20> It has come to the attention of the St Helena Government that members of the public may have acquired, imported and be currently using terminals, such as Starlink, for the purposes of internet connectivity. Using such terminals is in contravention of the exclusivity of current telecommunications licencing arrangements made under section 3(4) of the Telecommunications Ordinance 1989. From 1 November 2023 anyone usin…
There was a line, I believe in the Machineries of Freedom, that says the goal of "effective" libertarian politics is not to change laws - it's to design disruptive technologies that make existing laws irrelevant.
We saw one version of this with Uber and Airbnb, essentially blowing up taxi and rental regulations, respectively. This is happening with AI, where regulation is hopelessly lost in its current state. We have seen this (unsuccessfully so far) with finance and the blockchain. And arguably this is a legacy which traces its way through industrial revolution (which saw the breakup of monarchy's monopoly on labor and land) or even the stirrup or the sword.
Breaking existing rules and being unregulatable is probably an intentional point of Starlink.