"In hindsight, it was a mistake for SpaceX to send (Ukraine) thousands of free Starlink dishes and millions of dollars a month in free service at the beginning of the war," the post reads.

Paywall?

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[–] 15 points 13 hours ago

In war, even a short lived advantage, is still an advantage.

They didn't become solely reliant on it, they still use fiber drones and other lower bandwidth rf alternatives.

They were smart in their application and have politicized the waiver starlink support very effectively.

Overall I believe they've done a fantastic job adapting to their available options. Semper Gumby.

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