There’s been internet mad rush since the creating of the internet, with the just 1999-2000 internet world wide web .com boom and crash. Internet services like the World Wide Web, VoIP, email, FTP, mailing list, instant messaging, newsgroups, Torrent clients, message boards have attracted more netizens to the internet, making the internet the largest real estate on earth. But how do they access the internet? How can I also access the internet? Probably if you’re reading this, then you’re already on the largest real-estate enjoying your read and other luxuries on the internet. You can count yourself a lucky star to be connected to the internet but there are some unlucky stars somewhere (e.g: rural areas) in the world who are not able to access and connect to the internet due to non-availability of internet infrastructure within their community.
How do we connect these people to the internet? First, for one to get access to the internet, one get subscribed to the internet through Internet Access Providers (ISPs) which provides you gateway to the internet. The internet access gateways are of two main types: Dial-Up ( They are cheap but are rare, because they are slower than the other ISP options) and Broadband( meaning high-speed) internet. Where examples of Broadband internet access are: DSL (Digital Line Subscribers); Fiber optics, currently the fastest broadband; Cable broadband, uses coaxial cables; Wireless broadband, provides both fixed satellite broadband and mobile broadband access (2G, 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G). Many options for internet users to chose from. But from all of these, the most promised technology is the satellite broadband internet gateway.
Satellite broadband looks very promising and becomes more promising when executed by the right company, due to it huge expenses in launching satellites to space, technical expertise, tough decisions to envision a more reliable, fast, cheap and global satellite broadband for the world. Elon Musk SpaceX company is one of the best candidates to achieve these feat. Launched 715 satellites and launching 42, 000 satellites to space, reduction of satellite latency (internet transmission delay) from 230 milliseconds (ms) to 72ms hoping to further reduce it to or a bit closer to the latency level of fiber-optics 23 ms.
With Starlink satellites about 514.99 kilometers closer to the earth than their other competitors satellites. Starlink will beam data across the globe close to the speed of light. One will connect to the internet the same way as Satellite broadband companies serve their users by making them install satellite dish to their homes, work places, shops, etc then you can choose to distribute it in your home or local community by using a Wi-Fi as an hotspot to your mobile phones and other smart devices. Starlink terminal Starlink having a difference with their kind of satellites to use. Starlink is currently rolling out service in the Northern U.S., Canada and expand and global coverage of the populated world by 2021.