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"<div>\n<p class=\"caption\"><a href=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/starlink-ordering.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\">Enlarge</a> <span class=\"sep\">/</span> Screenshot from the Starlink order page, with the street address blotted out. (credit: <a class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https://www.starlink.com/\">SpaceX Starlink</a>)</p>  <div><a></a></div>\n<p>SpaceX's Starlink satellite-broadband service will emerge from beta in October, CEO Elon Musk said last night. Musk provided the answer of \"<a href=\"https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1438748063527575555\">next month</a>\" in response to a Twitter user who asked when Starlink will come out of beta.</p>\n<p>SpaceX began sending email invitations to Starlink's public beta <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/spacex-starlink-public-beta-begins-its-99-a-month-plus-500-up-front/\">in October 2020</a>. The service is far from perfect, as <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/22435030/starlink-satellite-internet-spacex-review\">trees can disrupt</a> the line-of-sight connections to satellites and the satellite dishes go into \"<a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/06/starlink-dish-overheats-in-arizona-sun-knocking-user-offline-for-7-hours/\">thermal shutdown</a>\" in hot areas. But for people in areas where wired ISPs have never deployed cable or fiber, Starlink is still a promising alternative, and service should improve as SpaceX launches more satellites and refines its software.</p>\n<p>SpaceX has said it is serving over 100,000 Starlink users in a dozen countries from more than 1,700 satellites. The company has been taking preorders for post-beta service and <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/04/spacex-over-500000-orders-for-starlink-satellite-internet-service.html\">said in May</a> that \"over half a million people have placed an order or put down a deposit for Starlink.\"</p></div><p><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/?p=1796340#p3\">Read 7 remaining paragraphs</a> | <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/?p=1796340&amp;comments=1\">Comments</a></p>"
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