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Starlink was offered free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It was anything but

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Re: Starlink was offered free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It was anything but

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Post by inemesitaffia »

falcolas wrote: post #25
inemesitaffia wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have 1k from the starlink engineer on ground and he said they've sold about the same amount to others. Today's the 8th things change

> Today's the 8th things change There have been no updated tweets. Seems like something they'd want to keep updated, given they are still tweeting about new countries being added to their service. > I have 1k from the starlink engineer on ground and he said they've sold about the same amount to others. Who? Where? How much congestion do they expect with the influx of so many new users (they're already upcharging/slow…

I talked with this guy Mike Coryell and this is an interview he had recently.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6362916358112

Re: Starlink was offered free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It was anything but

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Post by inemesitaffia »

falcolas wrote: post #28
inemesitaffia wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not required. The map isn't the territory. There's people on ground using it like that w/o activation

So Starlink's activation instructions expressly written for the Hurricane Helene relief effort are lies? Please forgive me if I request a citation. Especially since the information you've provided so far has all been contradicted by official Starlink sources.

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Re: Starlink was offered free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It was anything but

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Post by falcolas »

inemesitaffia wrote: post #31
falcolas wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Today's the 8th things change There have been no updated tweets. Seems like something they'd want to keep updated, given they are still tweeting about new countries being added to their service. > I have 1k from the starlink engineer on ground and he said they've sold about the same amount to others. Who? Where? How much congestion do they expect with the influx of so many new users (they're already upcharging/slow…

I talked with this guy Mike Coryell and this is an interview he had recently. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6362916358112

Thank you for the interview link.

Re: Starlink was offered free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It was anything but

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Post by inemesitaffia »

falcolas wrote: post #33
inemesitaffia wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I talked with this guy Mike Coryell and this is an interview he had recently. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6362916358112

Thank you for the interview link.

I got in contact with him via another but I first saw him on TV

Re: Starlink was offered free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It was anything but

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Post by carlosdp »

Starlinks are being dropped for free by volunteers all over the Helene disaster area. They were being blocked by having to setup payment, so Elon made it free in that area to unblock them.

This is an absurd article, the people who need Starlinks in NC and such can't even log on to this page to order one, they by definition do not have internet access at the moment!

Re: Starlink was offered free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It was anything but

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Post by xracy »

inemesitaffia wrote: post #9
12_throw_away wrote: post #6

Let's put aside the ethical and legal implications of lying to disaster survivors, and calling your normal free trial month as "disaster relief", and enrolling people recovering from a disaster in a monthly auto-renewing service after a 1 month free trial ... Actually, no, let's not put that aside. This is repulsive behavior.

Article is misleading. There's no auto renewal

"what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence"

Re: Starlink was offered free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It was anything but

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Post by inemesitaffia »

falcolas wrote: post #29
inemesitaffia wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like I said. You have a dish currently without a plan in the area, you switch it on. It will give you Internet

I said it more politely elsewhere, but: Citation needed.

Better from a user rather than supplier

https://x.com/Unitedcajunnavy/status/1843985998721524222

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