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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FCC Funds 25Mbps, Data-Capped Satellite In Rural Areas
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission is giving $87.1 million in rural-broadband funding to satellite operator Viasat to help the company lower prices and raise data caps. The FCC’s Connect America Fund generally pays ISPs to expand their networks into rural areas that lack decent home Internet access. Viasat’s satellite service already provides coverage…