Starlink roaming crackdown hurts users in South Africa

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Bad news for people with Starlink in South Africa

Using Starlink's roaming service as a permanent Internet connection in South Africa has become an increasingly difficult exercise.

According to recent feedback on local Starlink community groups, the kits must be used in their country of registration for at least several hours every two months to be reset for use in a roaming area.
 
Musk is if nothing else a political boy who owes certain governments his entire existence. He is a good boy who does what he is told, making his products a last resort and not a premium purchase.
 
Dear African jobseeker.
Looking for someone who can connect up some tech and switch to a YouTube live channel for several hours at a time. Then pack up the tech, slap a reset sticker on the box and have it shipped back to its South African users. Apply using smoke signals. If you don't hear from us in 10 years, keep waiting.
 
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