Communications company Viasat has now lost 81% of its fixed broadband subscribers since SpaceX started offering @Starlink services to the public in 2020. Viasat now has 115,000 subscribers in the US – a decrease from 603,000 reported in Sept 2020. In Q2 2026 alone, they lost another 15,000 subs. Viasat plans to start serving users from its next-generation F2 satellite next month, which they say is able to deliver 100+ Mbps download speed, but latency is still expected to be 10-20x worse than Starlink's satellites.

Intercepted communications and other intelligence suggest a strategic shift by Iran's hard-line leaders to get their forces ready to widen the war and raise the costs for the U.S. 🔗:

Iranian Communications Minister: The restrictions imposed on the internet during the war period caused direct losses and a decline in revenues in the information and communications technology sector and the digital economy.

TÜRKIYE'S DIRECTORATE OF COMMUNICATIONS SAYS IT SUPPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LASTING PEACE IN THE REGION, WITH THE SOLE PATH LYING IN NETANYAHU ABANDONING HIS 'AGGRESSIVE AND COERCIVE POLICIES' AND RESPECTING INTERNATIONAL LAW, ADDING THAT IT WILL CONTINUE COOPERATION WITH THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH PEACE, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY AND WILL 'NEVER ALLOW SYRIA TO BE DESTABILIZED'. - SOURCES

TÜRKIYE'S DIRECTORATE OF COMMUNICATIONS SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS PUT FORWARD BY THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTRY 'LACK SERIOUSNESS' AND AIM TO LEGITIMIZE ISRAEL'S UNLAWFUL AIRSTRIKES TARGETING THE SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF SYRIA, ARGUING THE ACCUSATIONS STEM FROM NETANYAHU'S INTENT TO CONTINUE HIS 'EXPANSIONIST AND DESTABILIZING POLICIES' AHEAD OF ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL. - SOURCES