So what do you think about the scuttlebutt of Musk interfering in Ukraine?

Thu Sep 14 12:53:10 UTC 2023

> Starlink isn't a monopoly. Ukraine could have guided their munitions with Iridium or another satellite Internet system.

Don't forget GLONASS. 😉

On Thu Sep 14, 2023, 03:10 AM GMT, William Herrin <mailto:bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 5:47 PM Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:
>> Doesn't this bump up against common carrier protections?
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Internet providers aren't common carriers. If they were, it'd be
> unlawful to stop your customers from sending email spam that was
> merely offensive rather than illegal. It's also why Internet providers
> aren't required to follow network neutrality. Internet providers gain
> their immunity through section 230 and the DMCA instead.
>
> Common carrier status typically applies to shipping companies and
> basic telephone service. Part of the mess with unwanted phone calls is
> that the caller has to break the law (e.g. by calling a number on the
> do-not-call list) before the phone company is allowed to act against
> them.
>> I sure don't
>> want my utilities weaponizing their monopoly status to the whims of any
>> random narcissist billionaire.
>
> Starlink isn't a monopoly. Ukraine could have guided their munitions
> with Iridium or another satellite Internet system.
>
> That said, volunteering services to the military of a nation at war
> and then pulling the rug out from under them is so classless, one
> wonders if Musk isn't trying to build a communist utopia.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
> --
> William Herrin
> bill at herrin.us
> https://bill.herrin.us/
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