Elon Musk’s Starlink internet will be ‘fully mobile’ service later this year [Independent, UK, April 2021]

Title:

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet will be ‘fully mobile’ service later this year 

 

Author:

Adam Smith

 

Published:

Independent, UK, 16 April 2021

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/elon-musk-starlink-internet-fully-mobile-b1832612.html

 

From the article:

Elon Musk has revealed that Starlink, SpaceX’s internet service, is likely to move out of beta testing this summer. 

 

“Service uptime, bandwidth & latency are improving rapidly. Probably out of beta this summer”, Mr Musk tweeted. The change could mean more people will be able to sign up to the service, which currently has over 10,000 users.

 

SOUTH AFRICA - Elon Musk's Starlink in South Africa - How it compares with fibre and 5G

Title:

Elon Musk's Starlink in South Africa - How it compares with fibre and 5G

 

Author:

Jamie McKane

 

Published:

MYBROADBAND, 11 February 2021

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/385963-elon-musks-starlink-in-south-africa-how-it-compares-with-fibre-and-5g.html

 

From the article:

* Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband service is now available for pre-order in South Africa, providing users around the country with affordable high-speed broadband.  

 

* Starlink uses a constellation of lower-earth orbit (LEO) satellites to offer fast Internet connectivity to its users.

* Starlink coverage is set to be available in South Africa in 2022 and availability will be limited.

Elon Musk's satellites start delivering the internet (by Toby Shapshak)

Title:

Elon Musk's satellites start delivering the internet

Author:

Toby Shapshak

 

Published:

Daily Maverick, 2 November 2020

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-11-02-elon-musks-satellites-start-delivering-the-internet/

 

From the article:

Starlink now has 900 satellites in low Earth orbit for its beta test for users in the northern US and southern Canada.