Tag: Internet

A volcanic eruption in Tonga last month killed six people, destroyed homes, and knocked the tiny nation offline. Five weeks on, it’s finally been reconnected.

NYC Mesh is a guerrilla internet provider that helps city residents get online without paying a monthly fee to big telecom companies like Verizon or Comcast

With the help of the FCC’s new rules, Internet service for apartments could soon get faster and cheaper.

SpaceX boss Elon Musk suggested on Monday that the company’s Starlink internet service now has more than 250,000 customers.

SpaceX chief Elon Musk has deployed a team of Starlink engineers to help get Tonga back online after a recent volcanic eruption cut its internet link.

A New Zealand lawmaker has asked SpaceX chief Elon Musk to help reconnect Tonga to the internet after Saturday’s volcanic eruption knocked it offline.

SpaceX has conducted its first rocket launch of 2022, deploying a batch of 49 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.

Starlink operator SpaceX has said that recent silicon shortages have impacted its production rate and affected its ability to fulfill “many” orders.

Boeing has been granted permission to deploy satellites capable of beaming internet from space, similar to what SpaceX’s Starlink service is already doing.

Scientists say that our existing internet infrastructure — namely undersea cables — isn’t equipped to weather the next big solar storm. Here’s why.