ORBITAL WHISPERS
TL;DR
Most merchant vessels faced routine connectivity blips long before Starlink hiccupped on 2025, July 26 and they shrugged rather than splurge on layered backup packages that often cost more than their monthly fuel budget.
Everyone’s Got a Backup Plan
The Starlink outage didn’t just take down a few dish terminals. It unleashed something far more powerful: a horde service providers gleefully pointing at their backup plans like smug doomsday preppers watching the neighbours’ Wi-Fi go dark.
“This is why you need hybrid!”
“You should’ve listened!”
“We’ve got L-band, MSS, LTE over a flying goat if you just sign here for 36 months!”
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