Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has set out with the goal of providing high-speed internet. They have received the okay from the Federal Communications Commission to send up test satellites.
SpaceX is setting out to "deliver broadband services directly to [people] anywhere in the United States or around the world" at speeds similar to some of the quickest ground-based internet connections. Many college students take internet access for granted as we complain about slow school wifi, however, billions of people in the world still lack internet access. SpaceX projected the satellite-internet business would have over 40 million subscribers and bring in more than $30 billion in revenue by 2025.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/18/technology/future/spacex-launch-paz-demo-starlink/index.html
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SpaceX is an amazing company who always do the cool job. The idea for providing high-speed internet service around the world is great, but I believe that many countries would disagree to use it because of the safety issues. If a country thinks SpaceX would do something to collect or control its country's data, it would be less likely to allow SpaceX to provide this service in their country. Meanwhile, some countries like China has its own firewall to control international information entry its country, so SpaceX has to obey the Chinese law in the Chinese market. Anyway, I believe that it is highly beneficial for the US citizens, but whether it is good for other countries, we will see in the future.
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