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Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine
From: bzs () theworld com
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 02:26:44 -0500
Further! Here's a page with about 25 dial-up ISPs in Ukraine: https://isp.today/en/list-of-all-services/UKRAINE,toic-14,c-1 If I go to www.ua.net, as one try, they list dial-up services and prices: http://www.ua.net/price/ediup.htm Looks current. The point being that dial-up internet is not unknown in Ukraine. And even if these domestic dial-up services get blocked if the phone system is still working those people can open and use a non-Ukrainian dial-up internet account. Obviously anything there involves some risk. On March 3, 2022 at 02:10 bzs () theworld com (bzs () theworld com) wrote:
1. They don't have to wait or hope for a starlink terminal to arrive. They just have to dig out an old serial modem or system with one built in (they were common), find a phone line which will support that, and figure out how to get a dial-up account and use it. Like most of the world did ~20 years ago and many still do. I don't know how many starlink terminals were sent to Ukraine but it's probably not millions. Millions might be able to figure out how to dial-up though since that's what everyone used not that long ago and for all I know many might still use there. 2. Unless the Russians have control of the phone systems and whatever it takes to isolate modem transmissions they can't just "sweep the air" like they can for starlink frequencies. This page (October 5, 2019) claims there are over 12M landlines in Ukraine: https://www.sidmartinbio.org/how-many-landline-phones-are-there-in-ukraine/ On March 3, 2022 at 17:45 kauer () biplane com au (Karl Auer) wrote: > On Thu, 2022-03-03 at 01:12 -0500, bzs () theworld com wrote: > > If Ukrainians wanted internet access and to get around blocking it'd > > probably be more effective to dig out old serial modems and get PPP > > dial-up accounts outside the country where phone service that will > > support that still exists. > > How on Earth is that "more effective"? > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Karl Auer (kauer () biplane com au) > http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer > > GPG fingerprint: 61A0 99A9 8823 3A75 871E 5D90 BADB B237 260C 9C58 > Old fingerprint: 2561 E9EC D868 E73C 8AF1 49CF EE50 4B1D CCA1 5170 > > -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs () TheWorld com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*
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- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine, (continued)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Scott McGrath (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Thomas Scott (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Mike (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Karl Auer (Mar 02)
- RE: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Tony Wicks (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Eric Kuhnke (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Mike (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine bzs (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Karl Auer (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine bzs (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine bzs (Mar 02)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Dorn Hetzel (Mar 03)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Matthew Petach (Mar 03)
- Re: Starlink terminals deployed in Ukraine Scott McGrath (Mar 04)
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