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	Podcast:		Marketplace Tech
	Episode:		High-speed internet is the new space race. But do the economics work?
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:09:26
	Publish Date:		2021-04-05 09:06:40
	Description:		The White House’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan proposes $100 billion for broadband. Right now, however, it is hard to get broadband to big parts of this country unless the infrastructure is in space. Low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations could bring high-speed internet access to those areas. Elon Musk’s Starlink is the best known, but there are a few other companies in the mix. Starlink is in beta with about 10,000 users. “Marketplace Tech” host Molly Wood speaks with Sascha Segan, a lead analyst at PCMag who’s been following Starlink. She asked him who could benefit from this new version of satellite internet.
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