PC Magazine - USA (2021-02)

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hances are good that you hate your internet provider, even if your
connection is fast. Now imagine your provider can barely give you
reasonable speed for your distance-learning kids, your forced-to-work-
from-home partner, or yourself for classes, video meetings, and streaming The
Expanse. That’s the state of the internet for far too many, especially in rural
areas, and the only reasonable solution on the horizon is the promise of truly
fast connections via satellite. That’s coming, thanks to Amazon’s eventual
Project Kuiper (allegedly with speeds up to 400Mbps) and SpaceX’s Starlink.
The latter is right around the corner from a real launch (we hope) in 2021.

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