Starlink, the satellite-based internet set up by SpaceX for global internetaccess will also be available in Pakistan, ProPakistani has learned.
We are reporting this because a Pakistani user (who is also a friend)reserved the internet service from Starlink for his location in Islamabad,which actually worked and asked him to pay for the service, indicating thatit’s coming to Pakistan too.
Check out his tweet below.
For those who are unaware, Starlink is a project started by Elon Musk-ownedSpaceX in 2015. It aims to provide satellite internet around the globe by2022.
This constellation will consist of thousands of small satellites that willgo around the planet in low Earth Orbit, working in combination withtransceivers on the ground.
Some of these satellites will be sold off for military, scientific, andexploratory purposes as well.
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However, since these satellites are much smaller and advanced compared toother satellite internet providers, the promised connectivity and speedsare much higher.
Starlink aims to provide connection speeds of a whopping 1Gbps, averagespeeds of 900Mbps, and much better reliability than other ISPs.
They plan to provide all of this for only $80 per month, which may be a lotaccording to Pakistani standards, but considering the promised speeds ofseveral hundred Mbps and unparalleled quality, the price is more than fair.
As mentioned earlier, Starlink is claiming global availability by 2022, sothat is when we expect to see it in Pakistan as well as other countriesaround the globe.
