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ISPs step up fight against SpaceX, tell FCC that Starlink will be too slow

Getty Images | imaginima reader comments 102 with 72 posters participating Share this story More broadband-industry groups are lining up against SpaceX’s bid to get nearly $900 million in Federal Communications Commission funding. Two groups representing fiber and rural Internet providers yesterday submitted a report to the FCC claiming that Starlink will hit a capacity… Read More: ISPs step up fight against SpaceX, tell FCC that Starlink… »

SpaceX plans Starlink phone service, emergency backup, and low-income access

Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. reader comments 64 with 40 posters participating Share this story A new SpaceX filing outlines plans for Starlink to offer phone service, emergency backup for voice calls, and cheaper plans for people with low incomes through the government’s Lifeline program. The details are in… Read More: SpaceX plans Starlink phone service, emergency backup, and low-income access »

SpaceX Starlink passes 10,000 users and fights opposition to FCC funding

Enlarge / A SpaceX Starlink user terminal/satellite dish. reader comments 72 with 59 posters participating Share this story Lobby groups for small ISPs are urging the Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether SpaceX can deliver on its broadband promises and to consider blocking the satellite provider’s rural-broadband funding. Meanwhile, SpaceX says the Starlink beta is… Read More: SpaceX Starlink passes 10,000 users and fights opposition to FCC… »

SpaceX adds laser links to Starlink satellites to serve Earth’s polar areas

Enlarge / Starlink logo imposed on stylized image of the Earth. reader comments 56 with 44 posters participating Share this story SpaceX has begun launching Starlink satellites with laser links that will help provide broadband coverage in polar regions. As SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter on Sunday, these satellites “have laser links between… Read More: SpaceX adds laser links to Starlink satellites to serve Earth’s… »

SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states

Enlarge / Starlink satellite dish and equipment in the Idaho panhandle’s Coeur d’Alene National Forest. reader comments 40 with 31 posters participating Share this story SpaceX has been awarded $885.51 million by the Federal Communications Commission to provide Starlink broadband to 642,925 rural homes and businesses in 35 states. The satellite provider was one of the… Read More: SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in… »

Teardown of “Dishy McFlatface,” the SpaceX Starlink user terminal

Enlarge / Ken Keiter gets ready to tear apart the SpaceX Starlink user terminal, “Dishy McFlatface.” reader comments 149 with 84 posters participating Share this story Engineer Ken Keiter recently came into possession of one SpaceX Starlink user terminal, the satellite dish that SpaceX nicknamed “Dishy McFlatface.” But instead of plugging it in and getting… Read More: Teardown of “Dishy McFlatface,” the SpaceX Starlink user terminal »

SpaceX Starlink engineers take questions in Reddit AMA—here are highlights

Enlarge / Starlink logo imposed on stylized image of the Earth. reader comments 98 with 61 posters participating Share this story SpaceX Starlink engineers answered questions in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Saturday, covering topics such as data caps (which they hope to never implement), when the public beta will expand to more… Read More: SpaceX Starlink engineers take questions in Reddit AMA—here are highlights »

OneWeb exits bankruptcy and is ready to launch more broadband satellites

Enlarge / Illustration of a OneWeb satellite. reader comments 46 with 32 posters participating Share this story OneWeb has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy under new ownership and says it will begin launching more broadband satellites next month. Similar to SpaceX Starlink, OneWeb is building a network of low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites that can provide high-speed… Read More: OneWeb exits bankruptcy and is ready to launch more broadband… »

SpaceX Starlink has some hiccups as expected, but users are impressed

Enlarge / Starlink satellite dish and equipment in the Idaho panhandle’s Coeur d’Alene National Forest. reader comments 233 with 90 posters participating Share this story When SpaceX opened the Starlink public beta last month, the company told users to expect “brief periods of no connectivity at all” over the first few months. It’s one of… Read More: SpaceX Starlink has some hiccups as expected, but users are… »

SpaceX Starlink public beta begins: It’s $99 a month plus $500 up front

Enlarge / A SpaceX Starlink user terminal/satellite dish. reader comments 293 with 149 posters participating Share this story SpaceX has begun sending email invitations to Starlink’s public beta and will charge beta users $99 per month plus a one-time fee of $499 for the user terminal, mounting tripod, and router. The emails are being sent… Read More: SpaceX Starlink public beta begins: It’s $99 a month plus… »