🚨Jio Plans a 1,600-Satellite LEO Network and 23 Ground Stations to Deliver Nationwide Connectivity, Including Remote Villages, Islands and Border Areas.
India will never blindly allow this. The Iran conflict showed how Starlink can be used as a strategic tool during a war, keeping communications open when Iran shut down the internet.
Keep Starlink out.
Imagine paying your internet bill on time, only to discover your connection also needs good relations with Washington. India’s connectivity should never depend on another country’s approval.
For example, when Visa and Mastercard suspended operations in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, Russian-issued cards stopped working abroad. Domestic payments survived because Russia had its own infrastructure.
That’s the concern with Starlink: foreign control over connectivity, questions about data privacy, and dependence that becomes expensive to undo. While the company claims to be independent, what happens when Washington demands otherwise?
India should keep it out unless those risks are addressed. “Terms and conditions apply” is fine for a discount coupon. Less reassuring for national sovereignty.
@JKash000@elonmusk Yeah. Jio is coming up with space based internet as well.
And they have a monopoly. Starlink cant break it even if they come in.
India has the lowest internet costs on the planet atm.
Unless Elon plans on a diffrent strategy for a Price sensitive market.