<story><title>SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latency, gigabit speed</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/spacex-plans-worldwide-satellite-internet-with-low-latency-gigabit-speed/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>icehawk219</author><text>Something I find interesting about this: what does it mean for countries who monitor and filter&amp;#x2F;block content (think China)? Presumably since this isn&amp;#x27;t using their national infrastructure they would lose all control of it, no? I wonder how those countries would respond to SpaceX wanting to let their citizens use the service. Unless I&amp;#x27;m missing something it seems to me like they wouldn&amp;#x27;t really be able to stop it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gozur88</author><text>Most likely SpaceX will do what those governments require.  It&amp;#x27;s trying to charge for the service, after all, and that means going through normal financial channels.</text></comment>
<story><title>SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latency, gigabit speed</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/spacex-plans-worldwide-satellite-internet-with-low-latency-gigabit-speed/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>icehawk219</author><text>Something I find interesting about this: what does it mean for countries who monitor and filter&amp;#x2F;block content (think China)? Presumably since this isn&amp;#x27;t using their national infrastructure they would lose all control of it, no? I wonder how those countries would respond to SpaceX wanting to let their citizens use the service. Unless I&amp;#x27;m missing something it seems to me like they wouldn&amp;#x27;t really be able to stop it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>talamown</author><text>A government still can get control practically. They cannot stop the service itself but can regulate payments from their citizens to the service. It is like online casino.&lt;p&gt;Of course, there may be some loopholes for payment and some citizens who access the service as well as online casino.</text></comment>