India, March 20 -- There was a flicker in 2021 when Starlink began to accept pre-orders for its satellite broadband service, from potential buyers in India. Now when we look back at that moment in history, it becomes clear quite how premature that $99 preorder (that, in currency conversion rates at the time, was around Rs.7,200) was. Starlink's license was then nowhere in sight and they'd have known it (and chances are by the time you read this, it's still not final). Good that the government clamped down on these preorders. Elon Musk's companies are known for this. In 2016, they took $1000 in preorders for the Tesla Model 3s from Indians who were gullible enough. Irrespective of all present excitement around Tesla too, quite when any EV ...