
SpaceX gets U.S. regulator to back satellite internet plan
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fcc-chief-proposes-approving-spacexs-163955369.html
"Satellite technology can help reach Americans who live in rural or hard-to-serve places where fiber optic cables and cell towers do not reach," Pai said in a statement.
SpaceX told the FCC in a Feb. 1 letter that it plans to launch a pair of experimental satellites on one of its Falcon 9 rockets. That launch, which has been approved by the FCC, is set for Saturday in California.