Starlink, The outage
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Reports of service disruptions flooded outage tracker DownDetector, with users experiencing internet outages and, in some cases, total blackouts. Starlink and its founder, Elon Musk, confirmed the outage and said they were investigating the issue.
A rare global interruption in the Starlink satellite Internet network knocked subscribers offline for more than two hours on Thursday, the longest widespread outage since SpaceX opened the service to consumers nearly five years ago.
Starlink, a satellite internet provider constructed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, suffered a network outage Thursday, according to the company.
The internet (well, those who could get online) didn't take long to respond to SpaceX's Starlink outage on Thursday.
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Of course, while Amazon may have dominated the e-commerce world terrestrially, its satellite internet offering has a long way to go to catch up to Starlink, which operates a network of more than 6,700 satellites, the largest satellite constellation in the world.
Ukrainska Pravda on MSN15h
Starlink back online overnight: Ukrainian troops were without communication for over 2 hours
The Starlink satellite internet network has resumed operation after a major outage that lasted about two and a half hours and affected connection stability, including in combat zones. Source: Starlink Vice President Michael Nicolls on X (Twitter);
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CNET on MSNStarlink Just Rolled Out a $15-Per-Month Plan in New York, but You’ll Have to Qualify to Sign Up
If Starlink wants to sell internet in the state, it doesn’t have a choice. That’s thanks to the Affordable Broadband Act, a New York state law passed in January . Customers will still have to pay for $349 upfront, however, which will likely be an insurmountable cost for many lower-income households.