[Hidden-tech] Rural fast internet

[Sam McClellan]

For those of you who are stuck on dial-up or expensive satellite or even 
slow DSL, Elon Musk's (Tesla, SpaceX) company Starlink is planning to 
start opening their satellite internet up for beta testers by late 
summer/early fall and general availability soon after.

Starlink is different than HughesNet and Viasat in two ways - their 
satellites are in much lower orbit and there will be many more of them, 
so the latency (time between when you click the button and when things 
happen) is the same or quicker than cable. Their upload/download speed 
and pricing should also be comparable to cable as well, although no 
numbers have been released yet.

They will have an antenna described as "a large pizza box on a stick" 
that will automatically align itself to point to satellites, and they 
say setup should be as simple as attach the receiver to your deck 
railing or house where it has a view of the sky, plug it into your 
router/computer, plug it into the wall socket, let it align and you're set.

If you're interested, you can sign up to get updates and to possibly get 
to be a beta tester here:
https://www.starlink.com/

Sam
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