It will change fast when a non NATO aligned entity attempts to deploy their Starlink.

Not as high tech as Starlink - one geostationary satellite - but twenty years ago I was using Thuraya, a Dubai based satellite service, to communicate from Tibet in a way that was not officially allowed by the Chinese but they couldn't do much about unless they searched my luggage for the phone I guess.

I've used Thuraya in a region of the world not far from there as well. Globalstar, Iridium, Inmarsat were all available at the time as well.

You mean like Thousand Sails [1]?

1. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/08/06/china-launches-its-rival...

China is deploying one, complete with exploding upper stages shedding debris into long lived orbits. Only strongly worded complaints so far...