Satellite Internet, Anywhere In The World, For 99 Dollars A Month

That is the goal of SpaceX, a company of Elon Musk that already has hundreds of satellites with the aim of giving access to the Internet to anyone in any corner of the world. The service is almost ready, and the prices are already known: 99 dollars a month, although you have to pay about 500 initials to get the necessary kit for the connection, information obtained through an email forwarded to CNBC.

With the goal of worldwide coverage by 2021, the satellite network already offers coverage in the United States and will have coverage in Canada this year. Since they opened the beta on their website, there are already 700,000 people interested in having something like this.

Just enter starlink.com and put our email and address, when there is coverage in our area, we will be notified.

With the initial kit we will have the satellite dish for the connection with the satellites, a tripod to put the antenna and a WiFi router that will offer speeds between 50 and 150 Mbs, with latency between 20 and 40 ms over the next months, numbers that will improve over time.

The idea is that we take the kit wherever we want, that we put the antenna with the tripod on the ground and we can enjoy the Internet in any corner of the world.

The mobile app, for both android and iOS, will help:

– Identify the installation location that will guarantee the best quality of service
– Check for obstructions that may interfere with service
– Configure the Starlink hardware
– Check the WiFi connection
– Run speed tests
– Solve connectivity problems
– Communicate with the support

It is clear that it is not smoke, there is a powerful service behind, and surely prices will go down over time until a time when everyone will finally be connected.