Some people in Jamaica have managed to stay online via Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, even as outages are cutting mobile data and Wi-Fi access for others on the island during Hurricane Melissa.
Starlink’s promise to work in even the most disaster-struck areas will be put to a serious test by the hurricane, which made landfall around noon local time on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm.
Shae Cypser, 37, a programmer in Ocho Rios, a port town on Jamaica’s north coast, spoke to The New York Times using
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