TESMANIAN by Evelyn Arevalo August 25, 2020
SpaceX is focused on connecting rural communities to Starlink – next satellite deployment is this weekend
SpaceX is deploying Starlink satellites to connect the world to affordable broadband internet. Millions of people living in rural areas across the world still lack access to the world wide web communication infrastructure that has revolutionized the 21st century. Today the internet is not only just used for entertainment – the internet gives a user knowledge at their fingertips; It provides easy access to job opportunities, and enables a user to start a business that can reach out to thousands. Connecting rural areas around the globe to the network provides benefits to civilization as a whole.
SpaceX’s primary focus is to connect rural areas across the world where internet connection is unreliable and unavailable. With 648 Starlink satellites already in low Earth orbit, SpaceX targets to initially offer service in Northern United States and Canada this year, then expand to the rest of the world by 2021.
According to a report by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approximately 19 million Americans still lack access to fixed broadband service at reliable speeds. In rural and tribal areas in the United States nearly one-fourth of the population – 14.5 million people – lack access to the internet where they live. In July, SpaceX told the FCC it already initiated a private beta test of the Starlink network, and connected hundreds of users in multiple U.S. states, including tribal communities. “Starlink will serve the hardest-to-serve customers that telcos [telecommunication companies] otherwise have trouble doing with landlines or even with... cell towers,†SpaceX founder and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said.
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