Popular Mechanics
The 10 Small Towns With the Worst Internet Speeds in the US
A new report highlights the 10 small towns in the US with the average fastest and slowest internet speeds. To compile this report, Salt Lake City, Utah-based Satellite Internet monitored access to a proprietary speed test website for over an entire year.
The Invisible Battle for America's Airwaves
Competition for the 900mHz segment of the radiofrequency spectrum has grown fierce in recent years as more operators are pushed out of licensed spectrum and into the electromagnetic doldrums. What was once a lonely spectral highway for local news channels and the occasional surveying project is now crisscrossed with signal traffic from all kinds of industrial Internet of Things (IoT).
The Race for Space-Based Internet Is On
Internet access beamed down from space could drastically change the way we get online. Establishing quality high-speed satellite internet from low or medium earth orbit (LEO and MEO, respectively) would give whoever did it access to all 4 billion or so people who don't have Internet access yet. With enough bandwidth, such a network could become instant competitors to telecoms like AT&T and Verizon without the monumental infrastructure costs of putting down fiber. There are eight companies currently shooting for the goal, 2018 will be a big year for all of them.