Northern Cape ISP selling Starlink in South Africa

BBSA said:
The comrades accumulate billions while their constituents live in absolute poverty due to their racist laws and policies; there seems to be no indication that they plan to relinquish their wealth or change their ways.
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Agreed! It couldn't be more clear that the ANC is not a "peoples" party
 
"There’s always politics, even in space.

The other major challenge to delivering internet without permission are the legal rules for transmitting radio signals inside a given country.

At least superficially, eliminating ground stations eliminates these countries’ political leverage.

Asked what governments in these countries could do to cut off Starlink access, Musk says “they can shake their fist at the sky.”
 
Apogee said:
"There’s always politics, even in space.

The other major challenge to delivering internet without permission are the legal rules for transmitting radio signals inside a given country.

At least superficially, eliminating ground stations eliminates these countries’ political leverage.

Asked what governments in these countries could do to cut off Starlink access, Musk says “they can shake their fist at the sky.”
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I fully expect Elon to honour the radio dead zone for the SKA, but the rest of the country is free game from an ethics POV.
 
I messaged them through their website before 8am to enquire on stock but crickets.
 
think after the news artricle they going to have ton's of mails comming in querying about it. If I could afford it then I would grab quickly
 
lkpat said:
Oh wait... I misread. This is available now. How legal is this @Jan ?
Have the units been ICASA approved? How are they being imported?
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They must all be amateur radio certified. Then you don't need icasa approval.
 
Hi there
It was advised by one of our directors to register an account here to help out answering some questions.
Or attempt to do this at least

We are attending all queries coming to our offices via Whatsapp and email.
 
Jet-Fighter7700 said:
this, anything is better than SA's **** internet.
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IT-Lec said:
Hi there
It was advised by one of our directors to register an account here to help out answering some questions.
Or attempt to do this at least

We are attending all queries coming to our offices via Whatsapp and email.
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I think you can register a Company Rep account, ask @rpm
as I'm sure many people here want to sign up to this service.
 
IT-Lec said:
Hi there
It was advised by one of our directors to register an account here to help out answering some questions.
Or attempt to do this at least

We are attending all queries coming to our offices via Whatsapp and email.
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Thanks, you must be inundated. I sent a query before 8am this morning but no response yet. I'll PM you.
 
IT-Lec said:
Hi there
It was advised by one of our directors to register an account here to help out answering some questions.
Or attempt to do this at least

We are attending all queries coming to our offices via Whatsapp and email.
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I both envy and feel for you guys at the same time...

If you've found a way to get Starlink legitimately into SA then you are onto a goldmine...
 
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