Half of America Is Ready to Switch to Starlink Satellite Internet

WHAT'S NEW NOW / THE WHY AXIS

- ERIC GRIFFITH

Chances are good that you hate your internet provider, even if your connection is fast. Now imagine your provider can barely give you reasonable speed for your distance-learning kids, your forced-to-work-from-home partner, or yourself for classes, video meetings, and streaming The Expanse. That’s the state of the internet for far too many, especially in rural areas, and the only reasonable solution on the horizon is the promise of truly fast connections via satellite. That’s coming, thanks to Amazon’s eventual Project Kuiper (allegedly with speeds up to 400Mbps) and SpaceX’s Starlink. The latter is right around the corner from a real launch (we hope) in 2021.