One beta tester of SpaceX’s new Starlink satellite internet service is a Reddit user named “wandering-coder”. This week they shared their experience online, testing the equpiment in a national forest which gets no cell service from any carrier — and using it to upload this report: Works beautifully. I did a realtime video call and some tests. My power supply is…
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Can SpaceX’s Starlink Broadband System Deliver Less Than 100ms Latency?
Proudrooster writes: Can SpaceX’s Starlink deliver less than 100ms latency? That is the $16 billion dollar question as the FCC looks to pump more money into rural broadband (PDF). Will rural America ever get broadboand? What will America get for giving billions of dollars to incumbent providers? Is this all just FUD or a publicity stunt by the FCC to stop…