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I thought that Starlink always "landed" to a base station back in the same jurisdiction? I think relaying through space could open a regulatory can of worms.

>>beejiu+(OP)
What kind of worms?

>>psd1+63
Bypassing spying, geofencing and other regulatory stuff, perhaps? Also curious what the can of worms might be.

>>psd1+63
All countries have strict regulations on radio waves, whether that's sending or receiving. The UK for example requires a license for base stations that stipulates things like geographical boundaries, etc.

You can't freely blast radio waves into a country without falling subject to its varying regulations, but the regulations for "pre Starlink" satellite broadband/phones/etc are fairly well established.

>>beejiu+Vt
Well maybe it makes sense for US costumer to send their traffic down from Starlink in Canada and then via fiber to the USA? I do not really see the problem if the traffic is encrypted and forwarded.

>>beejiu+Vt
Does this count for radio waves beamed in from space (like GPS)?