People in the artic and rural regions will be extremely pleased with this
development. Many of them can't get decent internet at the moment.

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...
"SpaceX's plan to build a global, high-speed wireless internet network
using
satellites has taken another step forward. The FCC approved the company's
request
to deploy more than 7,000 very-low-Earth orbit satellites for its Starlink
network. It follows the regulator giving SpaceX the green light in March
to launch
4,425 satellites.

When it's complete, Starlink will be comprised of almost 12,000 satellites
that
will blanket the planet with a persistent internet connection. That should
mean
people in rural areas or other locations where more traditional types of
connections are impractical can access a network with promised speeds of
up to 1
Gbps."

See:

https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/15/...et-satellites/



That's a lot of satellites!