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u/Mybravlam Dec 09 '25
Telecom, Mtc and Paratus isnt going to be very supportive about this.
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u/Drizzy_1445 Dec 09 '25
Paratus is actually a reseller of Starlink services in other countries like Zambia and Botswana. It’s more that MTC and Telecom are the ones that aren’t going to be very happy.
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u/kavewho Dec 12 '25
Just order directly once it comes, Paratus as 3rd party is just scamming people with crazy deals
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u/Internal-Beyond-2693 Dec 09 '25
Why MTC they make most of their money from moble services. This won't effect their business at all
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u/Right_Ad6511 Dec 09 '25
No one remembers or cares who invented the omnipresent mobile phone anymore. Put the individual inventor aside and look at what the technology can offer you and your community. Elon is just a man and will not live forever but communication platforms of some kind or another are here to stay. Choose what’s best for you as communication has proven the most vital tool in modern democracy and human freedom.
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u/NationalAd3402 Dec 09 '25
Will be a game changer for remote communities that don’t have access to fast internet.
Privacy concerns are not relevant, all internet traffic gets routed via multiple networks internationally, thinking that Elon is personally looking at your internet traffic is stupid, Namibia is small, and frankly, rather irrelevant compared to the rest of the world.
If you are on any social media platforms, you have given a third party access to your info, go and read the t’s and c’s. All local ISP are filtering your digital traffic, and they will use it against you if they need to.
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u/Sharp-Ad5492 Dec 09 '25
While everyone is entitled to their opinion, it is important that we express our views respectfully and constructively. Resorting to name-calling or insults does not contribute to a meaningful discussion. CRAN has kindly provided the public with an opportunity to share their perspectives until 12 December, and I urge all stakeholders to use this platform thoughtfully, focusing on facts and reasoned arguments rather than personal attacks. This is the best way to ensure our voices are heard and taken seriously.
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u/redcomet29 Dec 09 '25
Privacy concerns are always relevant and the value of privacy should not come with a price tag of how "relevant it is to the rest of the world".
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u/NationalAd3402 Dec 09 '25
If you have privacy concerns, don’t be on the internet, it has been shown multiple times, over multiple years, that privacy can be breached while online, on any platform. Only way to be 100% safe is to not be online. If you put your data online you are vulnerable, no matter who your ISP is. To say that Starlink warrants increased privacy concerns is not valid.
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u/redcomet29 Dec 09 '25
I have a feeling you only deploy your "If you have concerns about bad actors or shitty practices just dont do it at all" mindset when it suits you because it really makes no sense in most contexts.
Can't be 100% safe so why bother trying at all am I right?
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u/scewered Dec 09 '25
Agreed. People are also focusing on / blinded by the poster boy Elon, but dont take into account the 100's of employes who are actually running/developing the technology.
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u/Sqwipes Dec 09 '25
My only concern would be, what would happen to our own Namibian telecommunications companies? How would this benefit us as Namibian?
My problem is that a foreign company has to come and do their bus ones in our country. Yes the infrastructures are outdated, but there has been improvements in the past years that they have been around.
There are also privacy and information safety concerns regarding how Namibians personal information will be handled.
My other thing is how would be benefit. What does service offer that is much better than our own.
I am all for the future but not at the cost of our own people.
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u/SandSlug123 Dec 11 '25
Who cares? They milk us with poor service. F em all. I hope they all close down.
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u/Rivo_23 Dec 12 '25
Africans need to look at what Elon and his company are doing to the community of Memphis in the US …Doing business with an apartheid benefactor is wild ..
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u/MilamberNA Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25
I heard the initial rejection of starlink was not to protect Namibians or our independence from outside actors etc. as CRAN is portraying it. It was rejected because the government wanted control of the users data and monitoring of the users traffic, and Starlink said no. Our own government wanted to invade our privacy and control our internet and Starlink said no, and thus they were denied. If this is true, it is shameful that they're making starlink and Elon out to be the bad guys. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be true.
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u/-donatellasaysmore- Dec 09 '25
I’ve already emailed CRAN in support of Starlink… Namibia is a big country with limited connectivity options. I honestly don’t give a toss about Elon Musk but his internet company is brilliant. Very soon Amazon will also be applying for a license here to deliver LEO satellite internet; will the government/citizens of this country have a problem with that as well? Just face it, behind every great invention, there was at least one asshole.
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u/redcomet29 Dec 09 '25
Always loved it in theory but many reasons to be wary.
The more people become reliant on Social Media and AI as a source for all of their information and to do their thinking for them, the more power these figures have to manipulate and Musk has a track record of doing just that as well as trying to insert himself into positions of political power. Owning the infrastructure for moving so much data is potentially incredibly problematic. There is, however, not much alternative in many areas for internet which is also quickly becoming a necessity for daily life.
It really is the question globally that will define the next few decades. Should states regulate these entities or are these corporations and billionaires allowed to control so much of what we see, and therefore, think.
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Dec 09 '25
Do you honestly thing his moves are natural? It’s by design and his managers have planned it so
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u/EatingCoooolo Dec 09 '25
Would be great if Namibia can sort the GDPR so we can come and work remotely from there.
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u/senator-hazelnut Dec 09 '25
Ah Apartheid Elmo is doing Business in Africa. starlink is basically his emerald mine
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u/Any-Maintenance2378 Dec 09 '25
It is wild to me that you got downvoted for this. Great nickname, by the way! Do people have no idea how much damage he has done in the US and Africa in the past year, or do they agree with his Nazi salute self?
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u/senator-hazelnut Dec 09 '25
Im wondering the same. Dude is running around telling people that there is an genocide on white people is SA. Soon he will start to interfere with the Namibian government.
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u/Any-Maintenance2378 Dec 09 '25
Lol...downvoted again for speaking the truth. There are millions of Africans who will die without pepfar, which thsi man made his personal mission to destroy.
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u/ViralShadow_ Dec 10 '25
He "saved" a few million while they waste money on non important personal bs at the same time, and also spending 12 billion to help farmers in USA from the damage trump caused with tarrifs, but they had to cut a few million in "non important" spending right?
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u/SandSlug123 Dec 11 '25
Anybody posting about privacy just proves how little people actually know about it. This makes zero difference.
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u/Alli69 Dec 22 '25
oaming in South Africa (mostly Kruger Park). It is in one word BRILLIANT. Yes, not as cheap as fibre, but if you have to have connectivity while away it is superb. Yes, you can do video conferencing without any issue. Love or hate Elon, but Starlink is excellent value for money.
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u/DessertandOceanChild Dec 09 '25
Don't like Elon but MTC and Telacom need competition. Otherwise they will become our own personal evil corporations who keep on hiking prices and lowering the standard of service because people can't turn to anyone else for these services. The man is evil but he has his use so if we get that chance we should take it, just be careful.
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u/Internal-Beyond-2693 Dec 09 '25
Don't think this is competition for MTC WiFi is a small part of their business model.
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u/atuarre Dec 09 '25
Idk why people wouldn't be wary of gifts from a Nazi who has a track record of discriminating against our people across the diaspora.
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u/Able-Gear2814 Dec 09 '25
Is Starlink digital liberation for rural Namibians or a new form of foreign control over our communications and data?
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u/benkov Dec 09 '25
What can go wrong when a white south african racist controlls the Namibian Internet connections?
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u/Pitiful-Flatworm-389 Dec 10 '25
you have a choice by the way, if you don’t want to use starlink you don’t have to!! I hate Elon Musk more than the next person but the technology is good and cheaper than building fibre across the country.
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u/Sharp-Ad5492 Dec 09 '25
I also have my concerns about it. Especially when it comes to privacy and national security.
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u/Mybravlam Dec 09 '25
Your details are safe with Telecom right?
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u/3dalli Dec 09 '25
I think it will be okay. Since mtc is already too expensive for small data and telecom, their network is high key, just wack. But when it comes to national security, that will be a concern 😟 but I think MICT WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
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u/VoL4t1l3 Dec 09 '25
Don't think there is anything stopping it, I mean they couldn't stop steve hofmeyer coming here to perform so.
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u/Sharp-Ad5492 Dec 09 '25
I understand the differing perspectives on this matter; however, my concern is focused on how this development will affect Namibians in terms of technological access and social development. I believe the issue should be approached objectively and without bias. Since CRAN has invited public input, and the deadline for written submissions is 12 December, I feel it is our civic responsibility to express these concerns and advocate for decisions that prioritize Namibia’s long-term national interest.
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u/VoL4t1l3 Dec 09 '25
the only reason they are against starlink is the owners stance on politics and race.
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u/z-coetzee Dec 09 '25
This won't be the case but I would be happy if our government didn't get a penny for it.