«A new batch of Starlink stations! While Russia is blocking Internet access, Ukraine is opening up more and more to the whole world. Thanks Elon Musk!”. The new contribution of the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov is another thanks to Elon Musk. The relationship between the two began in the first days of the war, when Fedorov asked the richest man in the world to open the Internet connection to Ukraine guaranteed by the Starlink satellite network. The entrepreneur gave the green light and from that moment in Ukraine it was possible to connect to the entire network. Installing Starlink in an area also requires a terminal that can connect to the signal. Musk has shipped several containers: they would be at the moment, according to a source cited by the Washington Post over 5 thousand Starlink terminals active in Ukraine.
The network, which totals approx A thousand satellites in orbit, is still in the testing phase. In the United States, the cost $99 a month that we need to add $499 for all necessary end devices and approx wait six months to receive the service. The aim is to bring broadband internet to areas where the signal from conventional antennas is poor. This type of technology seems to be much more stable even in theaters of war since satellites cannot be reached by bombing. According to Minister Fedorov, Musk’s help to Ukraine would be constant, and the billionaire also spoke to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the phone. For now, Starlink technology is working and allowing those who have managed to have a term to survive the constant power outages of the traditional network.
Musk’s other causes
Sometimes philanthropist, sometimes braggart, it’s not the first time Elon Musk has stepped in to donate his technologies in times of crisis. in the 2020 During the pandemic’s darkest moment, he promised his Tesla factories would start making ventilators for Covid patients. A promise that, however, did not have much success in the facts. Another muchdiscussed case was that of children trapped in a cave in Thailand 2018: Musk had made his companies’ technologies available, but again, the promises didn’t translate into anything concrete. This time, however, Musk appears to have decided to intervene seriously with Ukraine. Of course, that doesn’t stop him from some more eccentric social excursions, such as challenging Vladimir Putin to a handtohand combat aimed at deciding the outcome of the war.
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