Starlink – Friend, or Foe?
When you go four-wheel driving, you do it for recreation. And as much as I struggle to say this, I do it for work. Although many of my mates chip me, asking me: “Pat, when are you going on your next holiday?!” If only they knew. Yes, I still love it, but it is actually work. When you have a shower in your new shower tent, you don’t usually have to film it from multiple angles, then take still images, then worry about audio if a piece to camera is required, and then worry about what you might say about said shower tent. So yes, sometimes it is actually work. So knowing this, having remote internet is pretty damn handy. Wanna check up on the spec of my new shower or tent that I’m presenting? Plug up the Starlink, and a few minutes later you’re online, with faster internet than I have at home. It’s fast, efficient, and saves printing loads of documents like the old days. We’ve also used Starlink to help diagnose and fix mechanical issues and book cars into workshops when we’re way out of cell phone range. And then there’s the ability to video family and friends on WhatsApp. It definitely has its perks. Yet the downsides of Starlink are profound, and often hidden. The very…