As Starlink is poised to cash in on BEAD contracts, a new analysis casts doubt on its ability to connect rural America. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and ...

On almost every hike or camping trip I take in Washington, there's a moment on the drive when service drops, music cuts out in the car and texts stop coming in. Not a problem: Trips like these are ...

Starlink is one of the best internet services for digital nomads who are always on the road and those who live in more rural areas, where internet access can be hard to come by. This is true even if ...

Nigeria licensed Amazon’s Project Kuiper to operate satellite services from 2026, setting up direct competition with Starlink. Amazon plans a low-Earth-orbit constellation of more than 3,200 ...

Starlink sought billions in grants after the new rules were put in place, but states didn’t want to provide that much. So far, SpaceX is slated to receive $733.5 million to offer broadband at 472,600 ...

When comparing Starlink and 5G internet, the "better" option largely depends on where you live. Starlink's satellite-based broadband can deliver impressive speeds, often between 100 and 200 Mbps for ...

Starlink, the satellite internet service that is a lucrative part of billionaire Elon Musk's business empire, will be free to people in Jamaica and the Bahamas as Hurricane Melissa bears down on the ...

SpaceX’s Starlink suffered one of its biggest international outages today when an internal software failure knocked tens of thousands of users offline, a rare disruption for Elon Musk’s powerful ...

To mark the five-year milestone, Starlink recently shared a promotional video on social media site X, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk owns. SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched on its first Starlink satellite ...

The Starlink Mini satellite dish is designed to connect to Wi-Fi on the go. I tested it in the backcountry of Washington's North Cascades. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home ...