Elon Musk: Ukraine, X, the creator economy, China, AI, & more | All-In Summit 2023

This whole article should be pulled. It's (possibly intentionally) just inventing lies on key issues. "However, he admitted that he turned off internet access from his Starlink satellites during a Ukrainian raid last year on a Russian naval fleet." This is horseshit. The geoblocks those the boats just careened in to were in place for a long time before, and limited to not allow access in Russia due to US sanctions! What Elon was asked to do, was to break the regulations his company is working beneath to create a major new offensive, against the then-current mindset of how US supplied Ukraine in long-term capabilities. Elon said explicitly that if it actually came through the proper channels, and not some random Ukrainian source, he would absolutely have made an exception and opened up those then-closed areas. [this video]

The nuance of this news is that it is a for a standard consumer mobile device. It is not intended to replace coverage in areas where telcos exist, rather to supplement in times of spotty coverage or emergencies. >@Elon: This service works in partnership with wireless providers, like what @SpaceX and @TMobile announced. In your scenario you would likely be sending text/sms based communication as a primary priority (ie. coordinates, instructions) with MMS as a secondary luxury. If you are permanently or frequently in an area without telco service you would want to make use of specialized hardware which is optimized for starlink communication. For example, here is video of Elon using starlink for video conferencing which demonstrates not only high upload speeds, but also quick swapping between satellites without disconnect. [this video]