Okay hear me out. Just like Tesla, starlink will fail in India mainly because of its expensive price. India is a very price sensitive market & Elon very well understands that. Only reason he is adamant about its launch in India is to bypass government’s restrictions incase government of India wants to shut Internet down in some areas where there is a security threat. With unrestricted access to internet he’ll project himself as a messiah of free speech & democracy provoking citizens to overthrow the ruling party thereby inducing a never ending cycle of chaos while deep state calling the shots in backdrop. That’s the whole point. (If he hands over the final kill switch for starlink over India to the GOI, I don’t see any reason it’ll be not allowed)

Going by Elon Musk's tweet from 2021, Starlink could well be working in India, even if the 🇮🇳 Govt has not authorized its operations.. "They can shake their first at the Sky" is Elon's response to someone who questioned the regulatory side of things..

🇺🇸 USA : Ban Huawei. National security threat. 🇨🇳 China : Block Starlink. We’ll make our own. 🇮🇳 India : Please follow our regulations. 🚀 Elon Musk : CRIME AGAINST INDIA!!! Someone explain the logic here.

Starlink works in line of sight of a satellite. If that satellite is visible over Bangladesh (where starlink is used) it’s visible over northeast india. “Turned off” only happened in May 26 over Burma. This fellow is twisting the facts.

Ukraine used 47,000 Starlink internet terminals during its war with Russia Soldiers used them to fly drones, share targets, and talk to each other on battlefield. In 2022, Elon Musk personally decided not to turn on Starlink near Crimea because he feared nuclear war. Ukrainian underwater drones heading to attack Russian ships lost internet mid way and failed. Pentagon then started buying terminals directly so Musk could not switch off service on his own. One private businessman had power to decide what military operations could happen After protests in Iran, American government secretly sent 6,000 Starlink terminals into country. Over 100,000 people inside Iran used Starlink to access internet even though government shut down all normal connections. Iran made it illegal to own or use Starlink. If caught using it for spying, punishment is death. For personal use, punishment includes flogging and up to 2 years in prison. In India, army found Starlink terminal with weapons belonging to militant groups in Manipur in December 2024. Starlink connects directly to satellites, so governments cannot block it easily India has not allowed Starlink to launch because of security concerns. Ministry of Home Affairs studied what happened in Iran, where terminals worked without government approval and bypassed all internet controls. India wants guarantees that Starlink coverage over its territory cannot be switched on or off from United States based on American political decisions. SpaceX agreed to store Indian user data locally and allow government audits. But bigger worry is that during any future conflict, satellite internet controlled by foreign company could bypass Indian communication controls without permission First Try in China :)

Gloves are off now, Elon. Still no licence? Wrong. Starlink got its Unified Licence with GMPCS authorisation from the DoT in June 2025. You know that. Your own VP posted about it. Ambani is the real boss? Ambani's Jio lobbied for a spectrum auction. India gave you administrative allocation, the exact thing you asked for. Then you signed distribution deals with Jio and Airtel. If Ambani is blocking you, why is he your reseller? Five years of complying? In 2021 you took pre-order money from Indians with no licence at all. The DoT had to order you to stop and refund people. That was your first move in India. India's home ministry reportedly froze clearances after Starlink terminals showed up in Iran, where you aren't even licensed. Before that, our army pulled one out of a militant cache in Manipur. Your own company says talks are active and productive. So which version is true: the one your VP tells Delhi, or the one you tell 200 million followers? The spectrum rules were cleared last month and are headed to Cabinet. You're weeks from the finish line, and you're throwing a tantrum in public to rush a sovereign country's security review. India isn't a market you can bully on X. Wait your turn.

here is my opinion as an Indian and a supporter and admirer of Elon. 1. Yes, there are certain oligarch who is and will lobby to block Starlink in India. But they have provided cheap and easy access to 100s of millions of poor Indians in last decade. Not out generosity, for profit. And I am totally ok with it. Capitalism 👆 2. India is a country that is very susceptible to foreign influence. (CJP/NGO/Missionaries/Peacefools, ongoing protests.) In such situations, Internet and flow of information can illegally and uncontrollably give rise to unrests that are of unnatural origin or outright false. If Starlink is introduced in India, Government won't have a control on these elements. I trust Elon, but I don't trust US Gov/DS. 3. Tech sovereignty and capability. India, unlike other countries (except China and Russia, which do not and will not have Starlink "EVER") have technical capability to build, launch and operate its own Starlink analogue. So, I don't see why India should allow Starlink to be a competitor in Indian market. 4. Access to the Internet in remote areas. Yes. Starlink can provide Internet access to certain remote areas, but India already has a very dense coverage of 5G all over the country. Risks Vs. Benefits in this equation does not workout. 5. Indian Telecom Sector. The Indian telecom sector directly and indirectly employs approximately 4,000,000 people. And this sector has seen a bloody battle since its origin and many companies have crashed and burned. Out of this competition, 3 survived, and work on a thin* and well balanced margins. If Starlink enters Indian market, it will disturb this delicate balance. In conclusion, however good Starlink is, it is not a good fit in Indian context. But I am open to any logical counter arguments.

Spare us the crocodile tears, @elonmusk. My home office, in a village at the foothills of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, runs on 200+ Mbps BSNL fibre for under $15 a month. Starlink's comparable 200 Mbps plan in the US costs $85 a month, plus a $349 dish. BharatNet has made more than 90% of village panchayats broadband-ready, and the rest are due by March 2027. In rural America, nearly 1 in 4 households still has no wired 100 Mbps provider. Rural India isn't waiting to be rescued.

You are being too clever by half, dear @elonmusk, and you know it. Saying "11,256" villages sounds a lot. But it is a way of lying with numbers. What if the handle had said, "1.7% of India's villages have no 4G coverage"? That wouldn't fit the narrative, right? And it only gets worse. The post deliberately chooses "4G". Why? Do those villages not have access to 2G and 3G internet? Perhaps you know. The world's richest man who wants so desperately to enter the Indian market with satellite internet coverage should know, right? You, who have talked about the 'Deep State' would know the perils that satellite can pose to national security. The terrorist attacks on Mumbai, better known as the "26/11 attacks", were facilitated, in part, by the use of satellite phones. The terrorists' handlers, sitting in Karachi, communicated with the terrorists using satellite phones and ordered them to kill as many people as they could, including Jews. As for "oligarchs", well, you mean Mukesh Ambani (his mobile and internet company, Jio), yet hesitate to even taking his name. You, who didn't think twice before posting Trump's alleged links with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein! I think that will go down well with most Indians, to see the world's richest man in fear of an Indian🙂 Which brings us to the elephant in the room - racism. It would take a blind man on Pluto to not have seen the explosion of racist screeds and shitposting and ragebait content against Indians over the last year-and-a half on your platform, X. Perhaps it got your platform more engagement. Perhaps this is what the MAGA gang wanted and you obliged to get back in Trump's good books. Perhaps you didn't care about racism against Indians. Perhaps you saw it as a bargaining chip in your negotiations with the Indian govt. In either case, you don't have a lot of sympathy in India because of racism on your platform, Elon. Please stop pretending that there isn't racism on X against Indians, or that you don't know about it. Coming back to broadband coverage. The areas that do not have adequate 4G and 5G coverage are Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, parts of Rajasthan that border Pakistan and which are sparsely populated, the Kutch region (also sparsely populated, what with the world's largest salt pans), Arunachal Pradesh, tracts that are either heavily forested or till recently had suffered from Naxal terrorism. So, what exactly is your target market? Offer satellite coverage in Arunachal Pradesh and China will cut off your businesses at the scrotum before you can say Tesla. Or did you plan to make a killing selling satellite coverage at $50/month in Bihar and Jharkhand, where 4G and 5G plans cost $3/month? Get honest. Get real. x.com/AbhinavAgarwal/status/… myvi.in/vicoverage/ ookla.com/articles/india-mob…

These racist idiots are such thin-skinned divas. Zero ability to have a conversation. The moment you challenge them, they block you.

**The Groypers are a Far-Left Radical Islam group**. They are pretending to be Far-Right Christian Conservatives. Many MAGA people and unsuspecting Americans have been successfully brainwashed by them to propagate their lies. Groypers have close ties to the Moslem Brotherhood, and supported by Chinese social media outfits. I call it "Digital J!had". - Nick Fuentes is a closet-convert to Islam, but pretends to be Christian for views and engagement. His rhetoric in the last year has openly been Pro-Islam, and even praised dictatorships based on Sharia law. His current associates and other famous people who spread the same opinions: - Myron Gaines (Amrou Fudl?) is a Sudanese Muslim who has horrifying opinions about women. He admitted to having some ties with Omar Al-Bashir's government through his relatives. - Sneako and Andrew Tate openly converted to Islam. - Ali Akbar (Alexander) is an accused ped*phile. He was a kingpin in the Jan-6 Capitol riots that conveniently blamed MAGA / Trump at large. But even genuine MAGA people who wish the best for USA got blamed in the process. It was a classic False-Flag operation to blame the right-wing. - Cernovich is an open Islam sympathizer and closet-convert. His wife is moslem too. (see his past tweets on the topic) - Their viewership and accounts are mainly run from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Indonesia etc. I notice a lot of Chinese involvement too. Literally all their content is fake, but people still seem to believe their bullshit. - Most "Christian Nationalist" accounts are fake, and run by this same network. Several Pro-Palestine / Pro-H@MAS / Anti-Israel accounts have now been renamed with new profile pictures pretending to be everyday Christian Americans. Many pro-Khalistan accounts did the same. I also see many far-left pro-Islam accounts from India who promote Groyper posts. - Many of these accounts are several years old. They scrubbed their past posts multiple times, and became paid X users with blue ticks just within the last 6-8 months. It coincided with the time of US-Iran war intensifying. These accounts went from nothing to many thousands of followers in no time - mostly BOTS. During the same time, Anti-Hindu and Anti-Jewish posts started to reach all-time highs across all social media - including X, Meta platforms and Reddit. - The reach for Moderate Right-wing and Centrist opinions reduced considerably. Right now, the Groypers are targeting Jews and Hindus - via fake posts, false data and nonsense theories. This is due to historic tensions dating back over 1000+ years. These are the only two communities who have successfully resisted Islam. - Many unsuspecting Christians, MAGA folk, Politicians, and everyday Americans, have all fallen into the Groyper trap. Americans (especially Christians and Right-leaning moderates) are yet to realize they are being conned. They will be the next targets in line.

Accountants on H1B at $45k? I don't know where that happens. Anyway, these guys cry about it but don't fix it. They won't get anything done. They'll just stir up a controversy until the elections are over to hide the fact they doubled the H2-visas for cheaper labor (yes, labor that is cheaper than h1b)

This guy does not seem to have a problem with the Amish, Mormons, Hasidic jews etc, who are actually unassimilated but focuses on Indians because of skin color.

Shit-blooded mulla madarchod from porkistan can't get out of his beggar mindset 🤡😂

This guy is known for making political tweets and talks about religion all day, but if you search "Hindu" on his account you won't find a single tweet. Isn't that weird? How are all the tweets about hindus gone all of sudden ? His 5 iq followers won't agree that he can delete his tweets

There is a lot more to this issue that Muji is quoting. @mujifren Reddit needs to be banned permanently in India. Many state-wise subs are also compromised, like r/Tamilnadu, r/Karnataka etc, r/Kerala etc. - MANY ACCOUNTS OPENLY CALL FOR WAR AND DESTRUCTION AGAINST INDIA AND HINDUISM. YET, THEY NEVER GET BANNED. - One time I made a post on r/India about some of the military capabilities and the brilliance of Brahmos. The best Supersonic-Cruise system ever made. Supersonic-Cruise is very difficult to accomplish, and almost all other nations completely gave up on it. They just make Ballistic m!ssiles that are fast. India has ballistic too, which are very fast..but Brahmos has specialized purpose. - Immediately, there were accounts that started spamming with nonsense that Brahmos is not capable etc. They started praising Chinese capabilities. One account also started saying about some Babar m!ssile of Pak. - Some of those same accounts were also posting propaganda of many types in each of the individual State-wise subs, like r/Karnataka, r/Tamilnadu, etc. - They post so much of fake info, but stupid indians believe all that nonsense. It is rotting the youth and their perception.