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Starlink’s secrets revealed as first Australian customers sign up ahead of launch later in 2021

Michael Kelland, an information architect from Yarramalong Valley 80km north of Sydney, is proud to be one of the first Australian customers for a much-anticipated new satellite internet service.
Key points:
- Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink signed up its first batch of Australian customers this week
- It promises to deliver internet to remote corners of Australia but provide a less laggy service than NBN satellite, but is largely untested
- Customers have been told the system will go online later in 2021
“We’ve been earmarked to get SkyMuster, or NBN Satellite, and we hadn’t switched to it yet because I was quite nervous,” he said.
Instead, he’s taken up Starlink, an internet offshoot of SpaceX, the rocket company started by Tesla…
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