[Starlink] Starlink for Tonga?

[David Lang]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2022, Ulrich Speidel wrote:

> I'm actually quite pleased to see Starlink in Fiji, if only so they start 
> thinking about how they'll supply Pacific Islands, which to date they simply 
> don't.

Long term the answer is the laser-enabled satellites will not need ground 
stations nearby, so they will cover all these sorts of really remote areas.

They just don't have enough of them up yet to start providing coverage, so they 
have to rush the setup of a new ground station for now.

David Lang