Tag Archives: Internet Services

Analysis: Will Elon Musk’s ‘Starlink’ Improve Rural Internet Service? (Video)

SpaceX’s new Starlink satellite internet service is being touted as a rural internet game changer. WSJ spent time with a few beta testers in a very remote area of Washington state to see if it’s truly the solution to the global broadband gap. Photo Illustration: Laura Kammermann

Inside Technology: “Rural America’s Fight For The Internet” (WSJ Video)

As many schools around the country start the year virtually, residents in rural communities like those in West Virginia are asking why they don’t have reliable Internet service. The recent bankruptcy of Frontier Communications provides insight into how U.S. broadband policies have fallen short for many Americans.

Photo Illustration: Carlos Waters/ Video: Jake Nicol/​WSJ