They’re both targeted towards commercial or government business, which is unfortunate from an individual subscriber perspective. I would love to see a euro competitor to Starlink and Kuiper, so I can unplug my Starlink.

Iris2 looks like a traditional Euro project with a dozen companies from different countries involved, to make sure the funding isn’t concentrated in one country. SpaceX has the advantage of improved integration in comparison.

[–] BurningRiver 1 points 12 hours ago

Not exactly a replacement for Starlink, and it’s not ready yet, but Vodafone just announced buildup of a European direct to device service.

Full disclosure, AST Spacemobile is a US company directly competing with Starlink in this space.

https://www.vodafone.com/news/corporate-and-financial/vodafone-and-ast-space-mobile-sign-agreement-to-create-european-direct-to-device-satellite-service-provider

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Well. In my opinion it is about substitues for Ukraine.

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 2 points 13 hours ago

https://kyivindependent.com/poland-will-seek-alternatives-if-musk-cuts-ukraines-starlink-access-sikorski-says/ context.

[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

We should reconsider every thing associated with this psychopath… which is why he would stop at nothing until he owned those who might challenge him. Elon may be the most significant threat the western world faces at this time, and I don’t think the solution will come from inside his captured governments.