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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Enlarge / Starlink logo imposed on stylized image of the Earth. reader comments 91 with 53 posters participating Share this story SpaceX has agreed to provide Internet service to 45 families in a Texas school district in early 2021 and to an additional 90 families later on, the school district announced last week. The announcement… Read More »
reader comments 46 with 28 posters participating Share this story Microsoft today unveiled a modular data center that can be deployed to remote areas, as well as a partnership with SpaceX to connect those data centers to the Internet with Starlink satellite broadband. Microsoft said the Azure Modular Datacenter (MDC) is “for customers who need cloud… Read More »