As Starlink is poised to cash in on BEAD contracts, a new analysis casts doubt on its ability to connect rural America.

The Trump administration has changed broadband expansion rules to shift away from fiber-optic cable and toward low Earth orbit satellite systems such as Elon Musk’s Starlink. The two technologies ...

Satellite broadband has grown fast since Starlink began NZ operations four years ago. Gartner direct analyst Khurram Shahzad says it will soon break out of its rural niche.

That hasn’t been made clear yet. The advantage of Starlink is its ability to provide high-speed internet to rural and remote areas where traditional telecom infrastructure is weak.

Starlink has now been granted clearance to provide satellite broadband services in India, making it the third company to receive approval. Eutelsat's OneWeb and Reliance Jio have also obtained the ...

Head of rural broadband program calls SpaceX Starlink "inferior" to other internet options. Justin Sullivan The head of the Commerce Department’s ambitious plan to expand fiber internet access ...

With the unfolding phenomenon of SpaceX’s Starlink rollout having caused a pronounced stir in the satellite market, the ...

Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, started testing a service that would deliver internet from satellites to ...

This is called overprovisioning. And Starlink is already substantially overprovisioned in many rural locations, resulting in service that's barely better than dial-up in some instances.

Ontario won't officially say how much the fee it agreed to pay Starlink amounted to. One source said it was substantially ...

And Starlink is physically incapable and will never be capable of handling the number of people in rural areas that need high-speed internet. And it's not even fucking close.