SpaceX Starlink users provide first impressions and unboxing pictures.
“It feels like it’s from the future… I am amazed at how well it works.” SpaceX Starlink beta users are starting to share their experiences, confirming that the satellite service…
SpaceX Starlink public beta begins: It’s $99 a month plus $500 upfront
“Better Than Nothing” beta to have speeds up to 150Mbps, and latency as low as 20ms.” SpaceX has begun sending email invitations to Starlink’s public beta and will charge beta…
Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX’s New Starship, Designed To Fly To The Moon, Mars And Beyond
Speaking into gusts of wind at the SpaceX launch facility in Cameron County, Texas, on Saturday night, CEO Elon Musk talked up the space travel giant’s newest innovation, the SpaceX…
SpaceX now plans for 5 million Starlink customers in US, up from 1 million.
SpaceX asks FCC for license expansion after 700,000 people register interest. SpaceX has asked the US for permission to deploy up to 5 million user terminals for its Starlink satellite-broadband…
FCC has “serious doubts” that SpaceX can deliver latencies under 100ms
SpaceX can apply in the low-latency tier, but FCC says it faces a “substantial challenge.” The Federal Communications Commission said it has “serious doubts” that SpaceX and another low-Earth orbit…
Elon Musk: Starlink latency will be good enough for competitive gaming
Musk: Starlink is great in rural areas but won’t have enough bandwidth in big cities. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband will have latency low enough to support competitive online gaming and…
No-fiber zone: FCC funds 25Mbps, data-capped satellite in rural areas
Viasat gets $87.1M for rural broadband; no word yet on price or exact data caps. The Federal Communications Commission is giving $87.1 million in rural-broadband funding to satellite operator Viasat…
Comcast and Charter dominate US telcos – “abandoned rural America.”
AT&T and Verizon have generally built fiber only where they face competition. You already knew that home broadband competition is sorely lacking in much of the US, but a new…
Chinese internet giant Tencent buys 5% of Tesla
Tencent, Asia’s second highest valued tech firm, has bought a five percent share in Tesla. According to a filing, the Chinese firm scooped up 8,167,544 shares for around $1.7 billion…