So Hughes-Net & ViSat aren't a thing ? They're satellite internet companies probably based in Europe, but I could be wrong. (I probably butchered the names)

Also, how rich of Elon, a man whose existence is propped up by government funding to bark & bite the hands that feed them

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The main European actor is called Eutelsat. They say they can provide a similar quality of service in Ukraine as Starlink. They have GEO sats and a LEO constellation of around 650 satellites.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago

They use higher orbiting satellites which come with some trade-offs, lower speeds higher latency and more easily disrupted by weather events. When they say there is no competition they mean in terms of what you get and as much as I hate the man he isn't wrong there is nothing to compete with starlink right now

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Both seem to be US companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viasat_(American_company), https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Network_Systems