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B.C. confirms Internet contract with company owned by Trump advisor Elon Musk
(www.northernsentinel.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2025
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Elon can go to hell but I think I agree with the government on this one. The contracts were already signed and this was planned for a long time. Just cancelling and aborting the plans because there’s no immediate alternative available.
Ditch Starlink when there’s another provider ready to go. Don’t leave a bunch of infrastructure offline just to make a point.
Internet infrastructure is a national security issue and should not be contracted out to hostile nations.
True. At least in terms of data collection and tracking, you could stick a firewall behind it and tunnel all your traffic some place else, at least.