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SpaceX To Provide Broadband Internet To Rural Students In West Texas School District

Jeffrey Cawood
SpaceX To Provide Broadband Internet To Rural Students In West Texas School District
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has partnered with a public school system in West Texas to deliver fast, low-latency internet to students residing in areas where connectivity is inadequate, unaffordable, or non-existent.

A recent press release issued by the Ector County Independent School District (ECISD) said the project “will be active in early 2021,” initially providing 45 families with free access to the web through the aerospace company’s emerging Starlink service. SpaceX launched its public beta test for the space-based communications network last week.

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