Premier David Eby said in March that British Columbians would 'throw up' if they knew that taxpayers' money would go to Elon Musk
  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
    54·
    9 days ago

    Elon can go to hell but I think I agree with the government on this one. The contracts were already signed and this was planned for a long time. Just cancelling and aborting the plans because there’s no immediate alternative available.

    Ditch Starlink when there’s another provider ready to go. Don’t leave a bunch of infrastructure offline just to make a point.

    • paperBark@slrpnk.netEnglish
      18·
      9 days ago

      Internet infrastructure is a national security issue and should not be contracted out to hostile nations.

      • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
        21·
        9 days ago

        True. At least in terms of data collection and tracking, you could stick a firewall behind it and tunnel all your traffic some place else, at least.