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Unlikely, given that isn't even a partner in Brazil yet

https://www.starlink.com/business/direct-to-cell




Starlink is available in Brazil and dominates the broadband market in Amazonas. Antennas are commonly found with illegal miners. [0]

0- https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/cv2edkw84zmo (Portuguese)

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> Unlikely, given that isn't even a partner in Brazil yet

The article mentions thrice the use of Starlink by the miners:

> Cabral said; they must have been warned that the G.E.F. was coming. He pointed to a white rectangular antenna on a tall pole in the center of the camp and said, “Starlink”—Elon Musk’s portable satellite-communications system.

> “Wherever the miners have Starlink, we’re at a real disadvantage,” Finger told me. “They can warn each other there is a raid going on in the territory, and they can organize their work better.”

> The new farm had a Starlink connection, and, as the rains abated, a pilot said that he was sure the farm manager would warn the miners that we were coming.




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