Starlink 'Community Site' Program Teases Hourly, Weekly Internet Passes
Starlink is laying the groundwork to offer hourly, daily, and weekly passes for its satellite internet service as part of a “Community” program that quietly emerged last year. SpaceX has published a new site about “Starlink for communities,” and it’s apparently recruiting people to join as “hosts,” who would sell passes to interested consumers. “One Starlink Kit delivers high-speed internet to multiple users nearby.
- ▪Starlink is laying the groundwork to offer hourly, daily, and weekly passes for its satellite internet service as part of a “Community” program that quietly emerged last year.
- ▪SpaceX has published a new site about “Starlink for communities,” and it’s apparently recruiting people to join as “hosts,” who would sell passes to interested consumers.
- ▪“One Starlink Kit delivers high-speed internet to multiple users nearby.
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Starlink is laying the groundwork to offer hourly, daily, and weekly passes for its satellite internet service as part of a “Community” program that quietly emerged last year. SpaceX has published a new site about “Starlink for communities,” and it’s apparently recruiting people to join as “hosts,” who would sell passes to interested consumers. “One Starlink Kit delivers high-speed internet to multiple users nearby. Neighbors pay for flexible hour, day, week, or month passes — and you earn from every connection,” the site says. (Credit: Starlink.com) The program appears to be part of the Starlink Community option mentioned on a support page for authorized resellers and enterprise customers last year.
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