According to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, officials say that the satellites doubled the bandwidth and produced a decrease in latency by more than 150%.
Stations are currently in use near Malden, which has been devastated by wildfires, and another station is located near a smaller fire called Sumner-Grade Wildfire in western Washington.
Mask was able to help these cities because the satellites were in the correct position.
Elon Musk, CEO, tweeted, “We give priority to emergency responders and locations that have no internet connection at all.”
Oregon resident Eric Rosenberry reached out to the company in hopes of getting the same service for the McKinsey and Rainbow Bridge which also battled wildfires and were left without internet.
Share on Twitter, Starlink has arrived, and unfortunately, the affected areas are not under their coverage pattern to provide reliable service. ”
SpaceX launched the first batch of Starlink satellites on May 23, 2019, marking the beginning of its journey to provide the world with the Internet, specifically rural areas.
Today, the company owns a total of 775 devices in low orbit, and in the past it had indicated that it only needed 800 devices to provide a full service.
SpaceX plans to launch at least 2,200 satellites over the next five years in order to provide a global broadband service that covers even the most remote areas of the world.
Despite this, the two Washington cities gained early access due to devastating fires that destroyed miles of Internet fiber cables.
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