> Starlink isn't a monopoly. Ukraine could have guided their munitions with > Iridium or another satellite Internet system.
Don't forget GLONASS. 😉 On Thu Sep 14, 2023, 03:10 AM GMT, William Herrin <mailto:b...@herrin.us> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 5:47 PM Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: >> Doesn't this bump up against common carrier protections? > > Hi Michael, > > Internet providers aren't common carriers. If they were, it'd be > unlawful to stop your customers from sending email spam that was > merely offensive rather than illegal. It's also why Internet providers > aren't required to follow network neutrality. Internet providers gain > their immunity through section 230 and the DMCA instead. > > Common carrier status typically applies to shipping companies and > basic telephone service. Part of the mess with unwanted phone calls is > that the caller has to break the law (e.g. by calling a number on the > do-not-call list) before the phone company is allowed to act against > them. >> I sure don't >> want my utilities weaponizing their monopoly status to the whims of any >> random narcissist billionaire. > > Starlink isn't a monopoly. Ukraine could have guided their munitions > with Iridium or another satellite Internet system. > > That said, volunteering services to the military of a nation at war > and then pulling the rug out from under them is so classless, one > wonders if Musk isn't trying to build a communist utopia. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > William Herrin > b...@herrin.us > https://bill.herrin.us/
