Quoting what was in Ars Technica:
SpaceX will start testing Starlink broadband service in a private beta in about three months and make it available in a public beta about six months from now, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter yesterday. The first beta trials will occur in high latitudes, he wrote.
When asked by a Twitter user if Germany counts as a high-latitude area for purposes of the beta trial, Musk answered "yes." Parts of the US would presumably be included in beta trials, given that SpaceX has said it plans to make Starlink service available in parts of the US this year.
Germany runs from ~~ 47° North to ~~ 55° North, so that at least gets it in the ballpark.
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With first customers at high lattitudes... ???
On 4/23/20 11:54 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
Last year sometime, the word was that Starlink would be able to provide some minimum level of service one they had 400 satellites in orbit. As of yesterday, they reached that goal. Now Elon is saying private beta in 3 months, public beta in 6 months.
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-internet-service-beta-program/
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