SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Says Canadian Government Is Funding Starlink Rival For Satellite Internet Despite His Offer To Do It For 'Less Than Half That Amount' As It Wants Its 'Own System'
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Says Canadian Government Is Funding Starlink Rival For Satellite Internet Despite His Offer To Do It For 'Less Than Half That Amount' As It Wants Its 'Own System'
The Canadian government wants its "own system" in place for providing connectivity around the country, instead of relying on Starlink, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Monday.
加拿大政府希望在全國範圍內建立自己的通訊連接系統，而不是依靠Starlink，特斯拉CEO埃隆·馬斯克週一表示。
What Happened: "...I think the reality is that they just want their own system," Musk wrote on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
發生的事情："...我認爲事實是他們只是希望擁有自己的系統，"馬斯克在社交媒體平台X上寫道，即前身爲Twitter。
But I think the reality is that they just want their own system
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2024
但我認爲事實是他們只是希望擁有自己的系統。
埃隆·馬斯克(@elonmusk)，2024年9月17日
Last week, the Canadian government announced a loan of C$2.14 billion ($1.58 billion) to Ottawa-headquartered satellite operator Telesat to help the company build its broadband satellite constellation in low Earth orbit. Musk then said that providing Starlink to every Candian household that doesn't have high speed will cost "less than half the amount" or below C$1.07 billion.
上週，加拿大政府宣佈向渥太華總部的衛星運營商Telesat提供21.4億加元（15.8億美元）的貸款，以幫助該公司在低地球軌道建設其寬帶衛星群。馬斯克隨後表示，爲每一個沒有高速互聯網的加拿大家庭提供Starlink的費用將"少於一半"，即不到10.7億加元。
Member of the House of Commons of Canada and Conservative Party Member Michael Barrett subsequently opined that opting for Starlink sounds like a "common sense solution" for Canada given the lower cost.
加拿大下議院議員、保守黨成員邁克爾·巴雷特隨後表示，鑑於較低的成本，選擇Starlink聽起來像是加拿大的"常識性解決方案"。
Less than half that amount
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 14, 2024
不到一半的費用
埃隆·馬斯克(@elonmusk)，2024年9月14日
However, Canada's Minister of Industry François-Philippe Champagne slammed the exchange between Barrett and Musk as "Typical Poilievre "nonsense"..."
然而，加拿大行業部長弗朗索瓦·菲利普·香檳(François-Philippe Champagne)譴責了巴雷特和馬斯克之間的"典型的波利夫爾"胡說八道。
"They'd prefer giving money to foreign billionaires instead of supporting our industry and our workers. This loan will help build a world-class Canadian made satellite network and supports thousands of jobs in Quebec! Now that's common sense!," the Liberal Party minister said.
"他們寧願把錢給外國億萬富翁，而不是支持我們的行業和工人。這筆貸款將幫助建立世界一流的加拿大衛星網絡，並在魁北克支持數千個工作崗位！現在這才是常識！"自由黨部長表示。
Typical Poilievre "nonsense"...
— François-Philippe Champagne (FPC) (@FP_Champagne) September 15, 2024
They'd prefer giving money to foreign billionaires instead of supporting our industry and our workers.
This loan will help build a world-class Canadian made satellite network and supports thousands of jobs in Quebec!
Now that's common sense! pic.twitter.com/t9ImYNkFIe
典型的波利夫爾胡說八道。
— 弗朗索瓦·菲利普·香檳(FPC) (@FP_Champagne) 2024年9月15日
他們寧願把錢給外國億萬富翁，而不是支持我們的行業和工人。
這筆貸款將幫助建立世界一流的加拿大衛星網絡，並在魁北克支持數千個工作崗位！
現在這才是常識！ pic.twitter.com/t9ImYNkFIe
Why It Matters: Starlink is the satellite internet segment of Musk's SpaceX. It aims to provide connectivity around the globe with a constellation of satellites in low-Earth orbit. As of today, SpaceX has launched over 7000 Starlink satellites to orbit for the service.
重要性：星鏈（Starlink）是馬斯克（spacex）的衛星互聯網部門。其目標是通過在近地軌道部署一組衛星來爲全球提供連接。截至今日，spacex已經發射了超過7000顆衛星，用於提供服務。
Starlink service is currently also available in Canada.
Starlink服務目前也在加拿大提供。
In Quebec City, Starlink service is priced at around C$140 per month while the Starlink hardware required to avail the service at homes is priced at C$299.
在魁北克市，Starlink服務的價格約爲每月140加元，而在家中使用該服務所需的Starlink硬件價格爲299加元。
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