Testing Elon Musk’s Starlink in Rural Washington | WSJ

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service is being touted as a rural internet game changer. But his goal to provide internet coverage to all areas around the globe could take tens of thousands of low-orbiting satellites.

WSJ spent time with a few beta testers in a remote part of Washington state to assess whether the SpaceX satellite internet service can truly be the solution to the global broadband gap.

0:00 Starlink satellites
1:21 Internet issues in remote areas
4:37 How Starlink dishes work
5:21 Obstacles for Starlink

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