Article 5TVHP Cat on a hot satellite dish: Elon Musk’s Starlink antenna hits surprise problem

Cat on a hot satellite dish: Elon Musk’s Starlink antenna hits surprise problem

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Adam Gabbatt
from Technology | The Guardian on (#5TVHP)

Starlink's satellite internet performance has fallen victim to felines attracted to the warmth its dish gives off on cold days

Elon Musk's satellite internet company, Starlink, has ambitious plans to bring internet access to people anywhere in the world. But it turns out the venture is providing another service: warming up cats.

A customer tweeted a photo of five cats huddled on his Starlink dish, which links homes to more than a thousand satellites, and noted that the presence of the furtive felines had slowed his internet performance.

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