Elon Musk offered to pay for high-speed Internet for 2.4 million South African school students

3Gee said:
Sure am proud of Gov for not bending the knee to that dude dispite his wealth and influence.
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Said every useful idiot right before being tossed under the wheels by that same government. The ANC doesn't need yes men, they need connected cadres with cash. You are simply a monthly paycheck deduction until your last breathe.

Super loz that sobering thought for a minute.
 
Tim_vb said:
Many international companies operating have local subsidiaries without full ownership. The local subsidiary handles, advertising, partnerships, distribution, billing, local regulations, pays tax, remits earnings offshore etc. Its really not new to anyone

IMO its a good thing that he doesn't control internet access for SA schools as he would be turning it on and off whenever he has a temper tantrum - see Ukraine
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How exactly do you equate what’s going on in Ukraine to our classrooms. Come on get a grip lol
 
Vorastra said:
Do you think it was by chance that there were pallets of Starlink terminals seized being smuggled into Iran just before their massive protests happened?
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More lies and incorrect nonsense from you.

Intelligence reports show that the shipments were not sent before the massive protests, but rather in direct response to the protests and the subsequent government crackdowns.

According to reports by The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. State Department covertly directed and funded the smuggling of roughly 6,000 Starlink terminals into Iran. This operation took place after Iranian authorities implemented widespread internet blackouts to suppress major anti-government protests.

Beyond state operations, independent diaspora activist networks (such as "NasNet") have utilized clandestine border operations to sneak thousands of additional terminals into the country to counter government censorship.
 
Vorastra said:
Yes. Would it be beneficial to Sipho who can only afford R30 of data every week/month? No.
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Providing free high-speed satellite internet to 5,000 rural schools in perpetuity, benefiting roughly 2.4 million students annually, will not be beneficial??

Please explain. Would love to hear THIS spin....
 
Azbubu said:
"JerryMungo, post: 34617907, member: 136901]They don't need SA.
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Which is what makes it so odd that he keeps harping on about not being able to operate in SA.
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Where? When?

Harping? No, he's offering to help millions of school children for free, and maybe cannot understand why the ANC and ICASA is not accepting it. (Although he and we all know why....)

The money he will make from Starlink in South Africa, will probably cover the costs of the coffee/tea and sugar budget in one of his labs per year. He surely does not NEED South Africa's business.[/QUOTE]
 
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Crowley said:
So because it won't be beneficial to Sipho there is no need for it?
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The entire pretend-justification in this thread, and from Musk himself...is that it will help poor Sipho and that's why it must 100% be allowed into the country.

But when I attack it from the same angle, I get a response like yours. Funny.
 
Vorastra said:
The entire pretend-justification in this thread, and from Musk himself...is that it will help poor Sipho and that's why it must 100% be allowed into the country.

But when I attack it from the same angle, I get a response like yours. Funny.
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It will help people who aren't in 4g/5g coverage as well as millions of pupils. Your hatred for musk is clouding your vision a bit there.
 
Vorastra said:
The entire pretend-justification in this thread, and from Musk himself...is that it will help poor Sipho and that's why it must 100% be allowed into the country.

But when I attack it from the same angle, I get a response like yours. Funny.
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Let's not pretend. We know that the poor disenfranchised Sipho here is a fat cat BEE beneficiary that won't get his 30%, that's why the ANC is digging in it's heels. That's where the noise starts.
 
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