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		tim333 on Dec 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device op... Not as high tech as Starlink - one geostationary satellite - but twenty years ago I was using Thuraya, a Dubai based satellite service, to communicate from Tibet in a way that was not officially allowed by the Chinese but they couldn't do much about unless they searched my luggage for the phone I guess.

jki275 on Dec 14, 2024 [–]

I've used Thuraya in a region of the world not far from there as well. Globalstar, Iridium, Inmarsat were all available at the time as well.

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