Starlink is SpaceX's attempt to provide internet access to the world by deploying more than 10,000 satellites. We explain what to expect from Starlink's early internet services, and what the massive increase in number of satellites might mean for the future of stargazing and space traffic.
Eric Mack's article: www.cnet.com/features/how-spacex-starlink-broadband-will-envelop-earth-and-transform-the-sky/
Subscribe to CNET: fistream.info
CNET playlists: fistream.info/playlists
Download the new CNET app: cnet.app.link/GWuXq8ExzG
Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/cnet
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/cnet
Follow us on Instagram: bit.ly/2icCYYm
#SpaceX #Starlink #Broadband
This needs to be stopped at any cost.
I know its supposed to be good but this could cause major issues with space travel. If you didn't know in space since the earth is rotating these satellites will be moving faster than flaming bullets in space. If this covers the the WHOLE earth we could be trapped on our planet.
Thx to Miss Arsac, i saw this video in english class room :D Comment from France
It’s so funny, aha :’) Mme Arsaac its a good profesor
These satellites surrounding the earth(more then 3,0000 satellites) is just what 1984 Star Wars program also was to do.
I hope I won’t need a bloody WiFi router.
“Provide broadband internet for all” “100$ per month” You do know that majority of people don’t have $100 a month to spend on internet right? I don’t understand why y’all trying to make it seem like some revolutionary thing...it’s literally the same as any other satellite company ...
Ah, yes. But people WITH money will be able to set up shop literally anywhere.
Remember that Wall-E scene where the amount of satelites are so much that it is covering the earth entirely? Well guess what's going to actually happen to earth
I live in Rural Louisiana. i have 3 mbps. i simply want faster speeds :/
You should blink
So now Elon Musk can control our internet
I signed up for Beta testing and would love to get it in future. Being from New Zealand and with most of the worlds servers located in America and Europe its impossible for me to achieve latency under 150ms.
In India, we have $8.5 for 1.5GB/day for 84 days..... That's kinda good... Speed's fine as well....
@Mikavelli that's really good, here in venezuela I pay 15$ for 1mbit, starklink will be a must buy
@Mikavelli good (・o・)
i have unlimited internet for 20dollars a month, 120 mbit. here in Denmark :)
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Is the Internet free once all satellites are launched?
No, probably around 80$ per month for 1Gb/s.
No one: Not even Humans: Aliens: Why Tf is my internet bad
Pretty sweet. I'm keeping trashy old spectrum but like I said pretty sweet.
Once the speeds surpass my 80/10 dsl I’ll be switching!! Not because I hate mine, because I love competition! From what I can tell I will get better pings which is usually 50ms or higher.
I don't like this idea... I might have to join the environmentalists 🤔😒
Well, it's better than installing kilometers of cables to reach some weirdos living in the amazon forest.
Their should be a international organization which gives approval for such projects which effects the whole earth..
Human kind will be cause of its own destruction
Is California available
No one in the comments cares about the sky environment being altered 🤷♂️
Most people are better off without the internet I think.
If people like you didn't have internet we would all be better off xD
except for you I guess.
How will $499 and $99 monthly help poor countries. Will US based internet services be available world wide or just US.
With 1Gb/s a single antenna could provide internet for a whole village.
It will obviously be cheaper in some countries and there is also the option for a single community to use one uplink for all.
0:29 Xbox series X
I think it is awesome and the astro people are just mad bc somebody else wants to play in the sky.
100-150 Megabits speed? That's nowhere close to what 5g is offering.
1Gb/s for 80$/month when it's finished.
Pfffft, starlink is so stupid. 100mbs for 100 dollars? I get 500mb per second for 30 dollars Idiots
Never knew that you can get 5G in the middle of nowhere
Even in its beta, starlink has bigger coverage than 5g does.
It's a beta test, give it some time!
Some people see innovation. All I see is dirty spacejunk
Then you are not only visually impaired, but also criminally misinformed.
Each satellite is equipped with Ion thrusters to avoid other obstacles and at the end of its life gets burned up in the atmosphere causing no space junk.
Dirty dirty spacejunk.
Why tf would we need internet in the most remote places of earth. Maybe people who live there don't want it
Around 320 million farmers would love it.
Quite a lot of people end up not choosing to move to a remote location for that reason.
Bro I didn’t even sub so why am I subbed
Who knows, maybe your Siblings did it lol, just saying
It will create too much space junk and will blanket our earth with ads.
No it will not, you are talking pure and utter nonsense.
Its too much expensive in Nepal.
Too expensive to reach everyone
Useless. Gigabit is = nic speed already. Latency will make rest of the use useless. So a huge waste of time and money
I know right, such idiots
I pay $149 Canadian for 10mb lte internet. Throttled after 200GB of used data.
@kushal. n rajasuba Are you Indian, coz I am
Only get bell 50 in my area, and I live just 30mins from Toronto.
1:36 When he says "terrestrial internet", sounds like we are living in some future Sci-fi world...
Internet should be free after the bombshells from publicity or marketing also selling our data
This will not end well
4:06 Oh, boy... This is how the MCRN starts... As part of a terms of service for Earth-based internet access.
Go canada go 90-100 people in my country here access to Internet
"Hint"
Pinoy mag ingay! Sana eto na sagot sa panalangina natin lol
We live in rural Washington...this Starlink is best of the best. Have had it for two weeks...fk Hughes....ooorah!
More junk in our earth’s orbit... another USA greedy company trying to dominate the space around our planet, like if it belongs to them... this will be like a Chinese Great Wall (firewall) but done around our planet for the dominance of one nation... I really do not understand why astronauts, scientists, and astrologists, etc... around our planet are not fighting hard to stop this lunacy... this company thinks everything is there for them to the take... make no mistake... who will have money in poorer countries to pay for this expensive internet, which kind of people is this lunacy really designed for? Which won’t work in cloudy days, etc, etc? It is a satellite dish after all, nothing new in terms of technology, the only new thing is the audacity of filling up earth’s orbit with junk like it belongs to them.👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽
Well, it works in cloudy days and it's fast enough to provide internet to a whole village at a time...
Personally I don't agree with metal being shipped off into space and being so close that they pollute the beautiful night sky The earth is beautiful enough as it is and so is space, there's no need for us to make what is essentially artificial lights in the sky I don't like this
You know the current satellite giants are getting super nervous over the results that users are getting from Star Link. I personally think their days are numbered.
And our average latency is like 700m/s
I work for Hughes and have already started looking elsewhere for work. Pretty easy to see the writing on the wall. Our biggest package is only 50 gigs with average speeds of 15mbps. Its crazy.... starlink is going to kill every other satellite internet company
Im loving all the people in the comments with fiber internet thinking this is targeted at them
So I just signed up for the beta how long will it take for me to try it?
Long time and depends where you are in the world
what sky net 😂
If I am chosen I’m getting it just to fund Elon’s mission to Mars. Anyway to help make humanity multiplanetary is something I will always support
And we're witnessing the Genisys of Starlink.
Memo to self: sell your Hughesnet stock.
Should've sold it the minute Hughes announced that their new EchoStar launch has been pushed out another 2 years. I work for them and we are already seeing a difference and Elon only has 800 sats in orbit right now. Sell, sell, sell!!
Come on Gundam we're so close
Great video 👍
$100/mo for 50-150mbps with data caps and a $500 charge for the equipment? I pay nothing for the router and 40% less/mo for 70-90% faster internet at 500mbps and no data cap. Gross
No data caps, and probably more like $80/mo for 1Gb/s once it's finished.
@Sebastião Mendonça Gotcha. Sounds like it isn’t a matter of budget but rather distance
@Jonathan Turner This is not for underdeveloped countries. You're missing the target audience again. Starlink is aimed at places, especially far inland where fiber is just not feasible to have. Eventually when the constellation is complete and internet speeds soar the target audience will broaden.
@Sebastião Mendonça You’re right, underdeveloped countries are. You’re clearly missing the point. If they can’t afford optic fiber, how can they afford an even more expensive option? I’m genuinely curious.
Well good thing you arent the target customer
Everyone knows Musk is lying .
Same thing for Tesla, now it's worth 3 times more than Exxon.
Thats what people responded when he said they'd make it into orbit with the Falcon 1, when he said they'd land an ISS ressuply contract with NASA, when he said they'd land a rocket first stage for the first time in history, and also when he said they'd be the first commercial company to launch people into orbit. So far all of that has happened.
Shame Musk doesn’t spend his money saving the planet from global warming. All about money and greed at the sacrifice of the planet, accurate weather satellite reporting, astronomy and junk. IIS have to avoid junk last month. We are treating orbit like the new plastic in the oceans. I hate humans
@John Theux don’t get to excited with the fairy tales...
Tesla will produce 20 million cars per year in 2030. If you take the million miles battery and self-driving into account they could replace almost all cars on the road with that throughput...
@Sebastião Mendonça And Musk fitted shatter proof glass to the CyberTruck. Fills u with confidence.
1: Tesla has forced every major car company to produce electric cars by proving it to be feasible. The Model S was by all accounts the first truly large scale EV that was stylish, fast, practical and reliable. 2: Space X is not dumb. They've fitted every Starlink unit with xenon manouvering thrusters that allow them to avoid collisions and de-orbit at the end of their useful lifespan to prevent space debris.
There is no Global warming. Like there was no global cooling 20 years ago. Minor climate changes are natural and attributed mostly to sun activity.
future...
Sky’s full of satellites and drones, no wonder why there trying to lock us in our homes.💰> nature.
Satellites won't destroy our ecosystem, they are not even a part of it...
What does locking us at home because of a deadly disease have to do with communication satellites?
Lol he said it would be free for everyone... 🤦♂️
Gwynne shotwell said most satellite internet services charge you 80$/month for crappy service, she pretty much implied it will be the same cost but faster.
Nothing's really free anyway... Think of all the new people who can be spammed with ads now
@Sebastião Mendonça so what does “free internet for all mean?”
He never said that
@Masami Eiri no starlink will fund his other companies with an estimate 23 billion $ every year. He never said it would be free and its going to take more time before the price drops to around 20
WallE
True Meaning Of "Internet For Everyone"🙏
@James Green It will reach 1Gb/s once all satellites are in orbit, that's enough for a whole village so it's pretty cheap.
link
@James Green star light is for rural rich people to connect and stream same as City people I guess.
But it sounds like it will be unaffordable for most people who actually need it.
Jio ❤️
Great video! Any estimates for when this would hit michigan? I feel like they're really close 😂👍🏻
What if people don't want to be irradiated worldwide? Electro magnetic radiation makes many people sick.
Those are phased array antennas, the beam is pretty tight so you get almost nothing if you are not close to someone who has an antenna.
Well this is most likely a beta test disguised as actually trying to eventually get Internet on Mars.
Its being done as more of a service they can sell to fund their trips to Mars
You worded that wrong. It’s the opposite.
Um yeah but I’m paying $100 for gigabit internet so. No. Not sure why they’re beta testing in North America where we need it less than other counteries
It's because the satellites are more densely packed over North America, will be even better in Canada once they get permission to install relays.
@RB I'm in the same situation. Rural Oregon. I've got Starlink now, it's a huge difference.
probably to fund the program sufficiently for further deployment
@RB I definitely think there’s a market for it in North America still, i wouldve just thought a beta would’ve been more useful in a market with zero internet providers but I guess that would have downsides as well
It's aimed at people like me or those without any internet. My home (North America) has only one possible internet provider for the area for $100 a month for "up to" 15mbps. (In reality it's 5-10mbps and during the summer you can forget about any connection). They also locked me in a contract with them for 2 years to help with the upfront costs, but I still have to pay 200$ for the satellite and box. Just a few minutes away into town there are fibre cables with cheap internet and high speeds, but I don't have that luxury. This is very common for anyone moments away from a dense town/city.
What are the internet speed for Starlink?
@Lamp Pole I suspect it'll be less of an issue when there are more satellites up (only about 3% of them have been launched so far) and there are more above you at any given point
@Owen Johnson that seems a little worrying if there’s trees just randomly cutting your wifi out what happens when it rains does that also block the signal?
I'm getting over 100Mbps most of the time. I have some trees that are in the way and are causing loss of signal.
They want to bring internet to the masses but charge a price that only 1% of world population could afford.
Yes, but the antenna will reach 1Gb/s once every satellite is working, a single antenna could provide internet for a whole village.
Price will come down like everything else when it gets common
Starlink, a leading cost minimizing internet service trying for upgrading.
Watch the anime Planetes for what a future filled with space debris might look like.
NObody can afford that
Will probably be around 80$/month for 1Gb/s once all the satellites are in orbit.
Thanks for the info. Cheers.
$xrp
Wall-E story creators were right on the insane amount of garbage that will keep accumulating in the earth's atmosphere!
Yes but WHILE they are up there they make is extremely difficult for astronomers to do their jobs. They block the view of the stars for the whole earth.
These satellites each have their own maneuvering thrusters, at the end of their useful life they de-orbit themselves, burning up on re-entry and creating 0 debris
Where’s the garbage? Lol He literally just said the satelite will re enter earth’s atmosphere and burn off when it reaches the end of its life cycle. Plus there are Japanese companies solely bringing up satellites as debris cleaners. Because Japanese are very considerate and clean people even in space.
Until a cloud comes
Works fines under a cloudy sky, you can find reviews on youtube.
There is so many mistakes and miss information in this video i do not know where to begin, if you are interested in this find a alternative source of information.
It was pretty accurate, maybe you know as much as you think you know.
Interested In The Price Of Service On Mars
Im pretty sure they would give a great discount, but you have to bring your own antenna.
I bet my video would still play at 240p lol
100mbps would be sufficient for 4K streaming
Finally I can get internet in a Chicago Suburb.
Its a total waste of time, energy, money and sky.
@Dovydas not really. lives are all good right now... infact i dont see those benefits at all. 90% of the people wont see the benefits, as they already have better internet. Also, latency will kill any application that depends on it. Also, there are millions who wont be able to afford it. So, it literraly targets only a few rich americans , when in reality they dont even need internet access all the time.
@DNS I understand that but if we consider the millions of people who's lives would be changed by finally having access to the internet and the world being more connected; I believe those benefits will far outweigh the inconvenience of having to occasionally see a few extra "stars".
@Dovydas i dont want my kids to see hundreds of falling stars. this is simply not required.
@Hayley Swinehart It's not dead. Geez where are people getting this info from? Facebook groups? The sattelites are tiny and very far apart. You probably saw one video when they were deployed after launch all at once before they spread to their orbits. Think about how much area the sky takes up and compare that to the size of the total amount of sattelites. Trust me, you and I will be able to stargaze just fine.
very enthusiastic... 😑
It’s cool but... it also poses a target and a hazard in space/space observation. Did any of us little earthlings who also share this planet get a choice about whether we want our world surrounded by a web of flying little reflective, reactive routers?? Shouldn’t there be some ‘government of all the countries’ kind of conversation about this before it launches?? Can rich people just do any thing they want??? Colonizing Mars is a huge mistake. Mars is where we lose our humanity. I have seen it in dreams. I saw 9/11 2 weeks before it happened. I dreamed the Seahawks won by a huge margin 6 months before the Super Bowl. I dreamed where my best friend’s body would be found after he went missing. And I’m telling you Mars is bad for us. Also the addition of augmentation for humans as a response to Mars and survival there... leading to social disparity and loss of connectedness with other humans. Very, very bad.
@dodie b obviously I do, the point is the grow richer at our planet’s expense
@Not that the name Matters when they turn out to be true, yes.
@Pasha Tigermoon if you are a rich person/company want to connect the world. This value is insignificant. Im not sure if you dont know economics.
@Dovydas There is no probability about 3000 people dying at one time and me seeing it two weeks before it happens. Knowing that it would happen and there was nothing I could do about it or how it would actually manifest… I think you’re severely missing the point. In fact if you’ve never had a vision manifest you probably cannot understand what I’m describing. When “reasonable” doesn’t work out and the vision actually manifests, not once, but multiple, multiple times over decades, you stop questioning what you’re given and allow it to come through. Doubt me if you like. History will complete the story.
@dodie b “disposable” and excruciatingly expensive
"we're making it more accessible, AND expensive. WIN!"
Probably more like 80$/mo for 1Gb/s once all satellites are working. So pretty cheap.
@Robin Vavachan @Robin Vavachan Come to America where a $100 will get you one Unlimited mobile plan for one month.
i have 30kps internet speed i pay 30 dollar a month for it, if starlink wont get lower than that price i wont bother buying that ps5 lookin router
4g internet in india causes less than 10 dollars for 3 months. You will get 2gb per day. Broadband is cheaper than that with unlimited internet.
Yes all those poor people in poor countries without internet can now have internet at double the cost of what everyone else pays. Elon Musk is just using this to make money for his satellite launch service. 1 person can get away with putting 20000 satellites in space and ruin it for everyone on earth, is all greed and don’t care what others think, we are destroying our planet.
STAR LINK. SKY NET. Same future 😅
Humans are going Extinct oof
lmao i pay about $40 for 500mbps 10ms fibre so im chillin
Export to CANADA PLS... and TY!!! $100 for 2.5Mbps :(((
@Dovydas exactly this, its aimed at people who dont have any access to fibre
I've got poor internet, but owing a forested hilltop retreat was worth the sacrifice. Pretty soon no more sacrifice! Just waiting for Starlink to give me the nod.
fiber isn't evreywhere
Once again, this isn't necessarily aimed at customers like you.
$100 for 50 to 100 mbps? Ok $50 is already 50mbps in Philippines 😭
Ok, the internet will stay around a 100 mbs per second. Second of all, if you live in or near a city, forget anything you’ve heard about starlink
Can you ship your internet service to CANADA pls and TY... :)
Eventually they want to get up to fiber type speeds with very low latency but as of now 50 to 100 mbps will have to do
and btw. if your a gamer, this will be a game changer. why? because this will low the ping significantly
@Dovydas oh okay
I'm sorry, did you say Skynet? 🤔🙄
Nice
jdcv17 he says star link not skynet
Skynet and the word disruptive in the title sound scary. Haha.
The word skynet is from terminator
Yeah he kept getting the name wrong the whole video 🤣🤣🤣
How about we figure out how to correct these fender gaps? Nah, lets litter space with junky satellites with the same panel gaps.
Starlink is one of the technologies needed for the new world order to be created. Prepare yourselves.
@John Theux internet, just internet
@quarlic Cable, fiber, satellite...?
@John Theux Comcast.
@quarlic What is your current internet access? Because GEO sats won't be able to compete, it's just physics.
@John Theux no it won’t, it’ll get cheaper overtime.
4:35 lol, the stance switch!
No this is too much. Musk has gone crazy.
$100/month for many 2nd and 3rd world nations might as well be $1,000,000/month
@F!zZ hmm are you living in a big city (Million above populations I mean) ? How is the Internet in smaller Cities ? The the Thing I thought were Starlink would be interesting is for education like in schools in rural areas.
For 1Gb/s so that's enough for a whole village.
@F!zZ i also live in a third world country we have no such thing as unlimited data, only hear of it
Here in India(Bangalore), I'm getting 700GB of monthly data for around $13 with 100Mbps speed. That's more than enough for me
$100 a month? forget it
No data caps please
datacap = fail
Yes so far they’re not capping the plans🥲 and will probably not in the future🙏🏻
It is in your best interest to pay the big bill upfront. It will pay for itself in year one. Cable will hit you for 150 a month minimum two you contact.
@TOSStarTrek and also the people that think that everyone can just get fiber optic It’s so simple
@TOSStarTrek I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of people who think that starlink is dumb just because they get faster, cheaper internet in the city
@MemoGrafix You are in or near a city. Starlink is not meant for you.
Wrong I pay for $95 US month (100MBPS) for the fastest internet Spectrum Cable provides for consumer level. NO COntracts ever
This is how many people like this channel 👇
More Bull!!! We don't need anymore crap!!!
Millions of people unable to connect to the internet would disagree with you.
Collision will accour and now humans will trash space
Well, space pandas are already extinct so I'm not worried.
they've already got a mapping system worked out and if they lose connection for a certain amount of time it kills it self and even then those satellites are extremely low compared to everything else
Space x is working on solutions foe that too
Now we no how covid 19 was manufactured welldone car window smasher 💩
Where did you learn how to write?
Blanketing the earth with satellites.. why? We don't need this at all..
@LinusMLGTips Not a big issue either, the satellites are not visible once they are under earth's shadow.
@Aaron Alex Now tell that to the astronomy community. Not worth it in the long run.
Right? Any thinking extraterrestrial would conclude that our planet had solved issues like world hunger, peace, health crises and so on… Before we bothered covering it with a blanket of excruciatingly expensive disposable Internet routers so more $$$ can be made by the already insanely rich who put it there.
These Satellites degrade orbit in 3 to 5 years.
@Unknow Wolf 🐺 🐺 - Hughesnet & InterTech garbage. Then there's the CON-tracts, I broke them both and don't care about any penalties. The reason for putting people in CONtracts is because they know their systems is garbage. Landline-Cable broadband Internet is all I will stay with until the wheels fall off.