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Starlink offering free internet access for 30 days for Hurricane Helene victims

237 点作者 ohjeez8 个月前

16 条评论

jagtstronaut8 个月前
Despite the hate on the promo the tech they offer is still pretty cool. Only way I knew my in-laws were safe near Asheville was because one of their neighbors had starlink and a generator. Took a week for them to get power and cell phone service back and there is no way to get to them without a helicopter so if it wasn't for the product we would have just learned that they were alright.
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ultra_nick8 个月前
It&#x27;s nice that Musk and his companies always seem to be willing to provide free emergency services. Over various disasters they&#x27;ve provided free energy, internet, and cell service.<p>I can&#x27;t believe people complain about charity when so many other companies do nothing. Same with Mr.Beast&#x27;s charity acts. There&#x27;s something wrong with people who do nothing and hate on other people doing charity.
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duxup8 个月前
You gotta have the hardware right?<p>Isn&#x27;t this then just ... kinda a normal &quot;free 30 days&quot; offer?<p>This seems not far from handing out free AOL disks, except you also need some added hardware?
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wnevets8 个月前
Is this separate from what federal government is paying for? [1]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;us&#x2F;trump-says-he-spoke-musk-about-getting-internet-areas-hit-by-hurricane-2024-09-30&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;us&#x2F;trump-says-he-spoke-musk-ab...</a>
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elintknower8 个月前
Actually insane that the FCC opted to cancel the rural broadband contract with SpaceX for Starlink, to placate ancient telecoms who wanted to spend 4x more doing it with fiber...<p>Not an elon fan, but the current admin &#x2F; gov in charge is run by halfwits.
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xyst8 个月前
After 30 days, start coughing up $120&#x2F;month [1]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.starlink.com&#x2F;service-plans" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.starlink.com&#x2F;service-plans</a>
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olouv8 个月前
It appears that issues with payment setup were delaying relief efforts, as indicated by this tweet: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;elonmusk&#x2F;status&#x2F;1841207137420132549" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;elonmusk&#x2F;status&#x2F;1841207137420132549</a>.
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firesteelrain8 个月前
We have a free solution already but not as well known - Ham Radio. You can even send email over WinLink.
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rpmisms8 个月前
Still tricky to set up. Tried to get a Gen 2 working for an affected family yesterday, no beans.
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foobarqux8 个月前
Why doesn&#x27;t the government have a few planes or blimps fly overhead with base stations from the major mobile carriers?
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tomohawk8 个月前
There would likely be 20K starlink terminals available in the are had the FCC not revoked their participation. Would probably be handy about now.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;ajtourville&#x2F;status&#x2F;1840577643839955098" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;ajtourville&#x2F;status&#x2F;1840577643839955098</a>
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hathawsh8 个月前
I hope we can focus on the human kindness that Starlink is showing and ignore the political overtones. Both Trump and the current administration are creating the impression that it was their idea. Maybe Elon or Starlink thought of it first? It doesn&#x27;t really matter. Let&#x27;s all just do what we can to help the hurricane victims.
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marlone938 个月前
Why is this advertising-like stuff worth of hackernews?
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svnt8 个月前
How long does it take to rebuild fiber infrastructure? This is not a kindness, it is a promotion. Six months would be a kindness.
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realce8 个月前
Isn&#x27;t it also a $300 equipment payment and shipping time to get the equipment is 2 weeks?
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bena8 个月前
This might be good for responders, but not so much the victims. But then responders will have their own networks so won&#x27;t need this.<p>When you&#x27;ve been hit like this, you aren&#x27;t going to use your power for this. You have bigger issues. You have to dry out your house, demolition, etc. And that&#x27;s <i>when</i> you get power. You might not get it for weeks. And honestly, once power reaches residences, power to other services has usually been restored already.<p>Either this is well-meaning but ill-executed. Or meant to be seen as well-meaning, but with the realization that is almost purely gestural.
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