“If we were to take over the entire connectivity capacity for Ukraine and all the citizens, — we wouldn’t be able to do that. Let’s just be very honest,” [CEO Eva Berneke] said.

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    We will need bigger rockets for bigger satellites if you want multiple providers to add their own antennas to the same satellites and provide enough bandwidth.

    Another option would be some world entity managing the singular satellite internet, and everyone becomes a virtual network operator on that network like a MVNO on the cellular infrastructure. So one set of standard infrastructure. 1 antenna for everyone not 5 antenna for 5 companies.

    You end up with a law that says the person running the hardware can’t run the services. I wish they’d pass laws like that for our land based infrastructure.

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      That’s how fibre rollout happened in New Zealand, electricity is on the same model. lines company is separate from the isp and charges and standard regulated fee. Open access for ISPs to compete on speeds and service