Work with Elon Musk on Spacelink internet project, remote Australian families tell govt | The Canberra Times

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RURAL and remote families are urging the government to work with eccentric tech billionaire Elon Musk, to improve their internet access. Patchy internet service has plagued the lives of many regional Aussies, however the Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association (ICPA) think Starlink, a cheap high-speed satellite internet project, is a permanent solution. Starlink is being developed by Mr Musk’s company SpaceX and is anticipated to provide a 480MB per second connection, which is 10 times faster than the new Sky Muster Plus service. The Starlink connection equipment will cost around $500 and SpaceX is hoping to role it out globally in 2021 after it completes trials in the United States and Canada. The ICPA passed a motion at its recent annual general meeting to…