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🇻🇳 VIETNAM
🔴 Cuts Tariffs & Approves Starlink to Avoid US Tariffs

🔸 LNG tariff cut to 2%, cars to 32%, ethanol to 5%; more goods included.
🔸 Starlink gets trial launch approval under state control.
🔸 $123B trade surplus triggers fears of U.S. retaliation.
🔸 Trump set to announce new global tariffs April 2; some countries may be exempt.

#Vietnam#Tariffs#Trump
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November Grau

Question pour les français du Fediverse: au vu des “déconnexions sauvages” à répétition et toute la galère de la fibre en milieu rural, je veux tenter ma chance avec l’internet satellite. J'ai l'impression qu'a present le choix n'est pas large, c'est surtout Starlink et Nordnet. Starlink...euh...on préfère pas, du coup, Nordnet: A recommander ou pas?

Reposts welcome :)

#SatelliteInternet #Nordnet #Starlink #TechHelp

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"In sum, while BEAD was not as ambitious as a Green New Deal–style program, which would enlist an entirely public and unionized workforce, it was better than a garden-variety neoliberal public-private partnership with zero regard for labor standards.

Fiber-optic systems handle growing bandwidth demands through equipment upgrades, which require long-term maintenance crews — meaning stable employment and durable internet for these communities for decades to come. Instead of this promising vision, rural Americans now face the prospect of receiving inferior internet service while the potential for sustainable union employment evaporates in favor of satellite technology that requires minimal ongoing workforce investment in their communities.

By the time Biden left office, his administration had just finished approving state proposals, setting the stage for implementation. So long, BEAD. We hardly knew ye.

The promise of laying fiber-optic cable was that it would require workers on the ground everywhere, creating jobs throughout rural America. By contrast, Starlink satellites are made in two locations in Washington and Texas, launched from Cape Canaveral, and managed remotely from SpaceX headquarters — bypassing any meaningful job creation in the communities that stood most to benefit."

jacobin.com/2025/03/musk-starl

jacobin.comElon Musk Is Hijacking Rural America’s InternetRural Americans need good internet and good jobs. And they were poised to get them — until Elon Musk saw an opening to grow his fortune with a plan that will provide worse internet and fewer jobs.
#USA#Musk#StarLink
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MediaFaro Analysis

Can Europe compete with Starlink?

From satellite data to strategic security, technological sovereignty in Ukraine and Europe has become a priority.

Kyiv Post talks to Stanisław Dałek of CloudFerro, one of Europe’s leaders in the industry handling cloud processing of satellite data for, among others, the European space industry, climate research, and science.

mediafaro.org/article/20250327

Stanislaw Dalek. Photo: Cloud Ferro.
Kyiv Post · Can Europe compete with Starlink?By Michał Kujawski
#Europe#Starlink#Space
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kravietz 🦇

Can Europe compete with #Starlink? - interview

MK: So, we’re not completely left to our fate in this area?

SD: When it comes to civil satellite data, that’s true. However, we are in a worse situation when it comes to military data. Copernicus satellites have too low resolution. We’re talking about 10m-by-10m pixels – while you can spot a ship, identifying a car or a tank would be problematic, not to mention individual soldiers. However, there are companies in Europe with satellites of higher resolution, such as Airbus and others.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/49674

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