Well, this is interesting isn't it.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgrgz8271go[/URL]
space karen has his star-leap (or whatever) satellite comms rolled out. And his good pal at meta is rolling out sub-sea cabling. A monopoly on international communications looks like it could be within grasp. Especially if someone's shadow fleet continues cutting connections already relied upon.
