Starlink says it will provide service to people of Venezuela through Feb. 3

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

01/04/26 7:42 PM ET


SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Starlink, the company’s satellite internet provider, will provide the service free of charge to the people of Venezuela for the next month. Musk reposted a statement from Starlink’s account on the social platform X, which Musk owns, announcing the policy shift.

“Starlink is providing free broadband service to the people of Venezuela through February 3, ensuring continued connectivity,” Starlink’s statement said late Saturday.

Shortly after midnight Sunday, Musk reposted the statement, adding, “In support of the people of Venezuela,” including a Venezuelan flag.

The announcement comes on the heels of the U.S. carrying out a stunning covert operation in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and flying them back to New York to face charges related to drug trafficking, terrorism and firearms. Maduro is in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is expected to make a court appearance Monday at noon.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5672297-elon-musk-starlink-venezuela/

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[sakabatou]

1. The grift... it never ends!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. And aside from sucking up federal $$$ for this "service" (probably at the behest of the new "Interim President Rubio" )

he'll probably suck up all the data from anyone using it to feed and "train" his AI crap (and will have it in Spanish).

[gypsy11]

3. Just like he

Provided free internet to the people of Ukraine. This lunatic cannot be trusted. If it was a choice between Elon’s help and nothing? I’d choose nothing every single time.

[SergeStorms]

4. Because the first thing the poor and oppressed people of Venezuela need....

is internet access for one month.
Eloon has a firm grasp of the situation, believe me!

[C_U_L8R]

5. "Free" ain't exactly always free.

Sign up ‘free’ today and you’ll find yourself shuttled into an unescapable subscription hell.

[Eugene]

6. Musk has done this before. It's the free trial disguised as philanthropy trick.

[hunter]

7. Who can afford Starlink in Venezuela?

That might be a very interesting list.

It's not the people who are struggling to survive.

[pcdb]

10. If it's free, everyone.

[ruet]

11. Dumb. -NT-

[highplainsdem]

8. Free to people who already have Starlink hardware. Otherwise you have to buy their dish, mini or

standard, which will cost a few hundred dollars here (no idea what they charge in Venezuela) and then after the free month, their internet is around $100/mo.

[DBoon]

9. Free political surveillance

good way to sniff out Venezuelans who are not completely on board with being an American resource colony