Lesotho gets Starlink

[porchrat]

Let the Lesothonese celebrate. We will see who is celebrating when Eelawn's crap tech falls from the sky

We should get the sangomas to send the lightning to bring down the evil racist imperialist Starlink satellites. What gives Eelawn the right to float this nonsense above South Africa? It just floats up there. Nothing just floats. It's clearly witchcraft magic. Fight witchcraft with witchcraft.

 

[ShaunSA]

We should get the sangomas to send the lightning to bring down the evil racist imperialist Starlink satellites. What gives Eelawn the right to float this nonsense above South Africa? It just floats up there. Nothing just floats. It's clearly witchcraft magic. Fight witchcraft with witchcraft.

Nazi tech! It's clearly nazi tech! Odds are he's discovered Hitler's secret bunker

 

[epah]

@epah what now? I knew you made a backdoor deal with Elon.

Damn @epah just wanted the old country to get Starlink before us.

Lesotho needs Starlink, South Africa doesn't.

 

[Mariner]

Lesotho needs Starlink, South Africa doesn't.

Travel out of a city in South Africa and you will realise that few outside of cities have an internet connection. According to this, only 60% of SA have a connection. That unconnected 30% live in a vast area that would cost a fortune to connect without satellites::

Digital 2023 Deep-Dive: The journey towards universal internet connectivity — DataReportal – Global Digital Insights

Exploring the world’s progress towards universal internet connectivity, and taking a closer look at the barriers that are slowing that progress across LMICs.

datareportal.com

It was the latest coverage I could find. The last coverage map I could find on MyBB for SA was 2014.

 

[wingnut771]

Travel out of a city in South Africa and you will realise that few outside of cities have an internet connection. According to this, only 30% of SA have a connection:

Digital 2023 Deep-Dive: The journey towards universal internet connectivity — DataReportal – Global Digital Insights

Exploring the world’s progress towards universal internet connectivity, and taking a closer look at the barriers that are slowing that progress across LMICs.

datareportal.com

It was the latest coverage I could find. The last coverage map I could find on MyBB for SA was 2014.

What's going on here?

 

[konfab]

Finally someone here gets it. There's no explaining this to the Musk fanboys.

Satellite Tracker — Live Map of Starlink & 30,000+ Satellites

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Because Elon Musk literally puts a satellite above each and every country he launches starlink in.

 

[konfab]

We should get the sangomas to send the lightning to bring down the evil racist imperialist Starlink satellites. What gives Eelawn the right to float this nonsense above South Africa? It just floats up there. Nothing just floats. It's clearly witchcraft magic. Fight witchcraft with witchcraft.

Black lightning you racist.

 

[epah]

Travel out of a city in South Africa and you will realise that few outside of cities have an internet connection. According to this, only 60% of SA have a connection. That unconnected 30% live in a vast area that would cost a fortune to connect without satellites::

Digital 2023 Deep-Dive: The journey towards universal internet connectivity — DataReportal – Global Digital Insights

Exploring the world’s progress towards universal internet connectivity, and taking a closer look at the barriers that are slowing that progress across LMICs.

datareportal.com

It was the latest coverage I could find. The last coverage map I could find on MyBB for SA was 2014.

Not sure where you get your stats from but SA has 100% coverage. There is no corner of this country that doesn't have network coverage.

 

[dualmeister]

Not sure where you get your stats from but SA has 100% coverage. There is no corner of this country that doesn't have network coverage.

 

[Nerfherder]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937134708057346136

Neighbour ?

Lesotho is flipping land locked inside of South Africa. They are not neighbours, they are tenants living in a cottage at the bottom of the garden.

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

No thanks , I don't want those Elon Musk brain controlling beta waves anywhere near me.

Anc can actually see the truth for once

 

[Nerfherder]

Not sure where you get your stats from but SA has 100% coverage. There is no corner of this country that doesn't have network coverage.

Coverage of what ?

Cellphone signal ? No, its not even close to 100%

Starlink ? Perhaps but we can't access it so actually 0%

SA doesn't even have 100% coverage for DSTV

 

[konfab]

Neighbour ?

Lesotho is flipping land locked inside of South Africa. They are not neighbours, they are tenants living in a cottage at the bottom of the garden.

The correct term is vassal state.

 

[3WA]

Lesotho needs Starlink, South Africa doesn't.

Why does Lesotho need Starlink? At what point in fscking a goat is it necessary to connect to the internet?

 

[FiestaST]

Colour/color me surprised.

Was not expecting to see goat farking referenced in this thread

Then again we’re at the cusp of WW3 so anything is possible.

 

[Ernabr]

Lesotho needs Starlink, South Africa doesn't.

Maybe parts of SA doesn't, large areas in SA certainly does. Stop thinking for rural communities.

 

[ShaunSA]

Not sure where you get your stats from but SA has 100% coverage. There is no corner of this country that doesn't have network coverage.

Ignore the Musk simps. Unless it's to point and laugh

 

[Swa]

Soon SA will be the black hole of Starlink.

 

[Mariner]

Not sure where you get your stats from but SA has 100% coverage. There is no corner of this country that doesn't have network coverage.

Ever visited the Northern Cape, the biggest province in SA, almost half the size of the rest of SA? Towns are about 100 km apart. 10 km out of any town not on a national route, the signal is gone. Tracker doesn't work out of town either. Many areas of other provinces don't have cell signal either. There is signal along all major routes through these areas but go 10 km off the route and you are in signal silence.

If you look at the signal coverage maps, you will see what I'm saying. Al;so, don't assume the signal coverage in rural areas as indicated is good. It can go right down to 2G or be patchy. Dropped or non connecting calls are frequent.

 

[Ernabr]

Not sure where you get your stats from but SA has 100% coverage. There is no corner of this country that doesn't have network coverage.

Kindly share the network coverage maps from VC and MTN showing the "100% coverage". Nobody's interrested in those other wannabe "networks"