SpaceX’s Elon Musk says Starlink to focus mostly on rural connectivity

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SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the company’s Starlinkbroadband constellation will mostly focus on rural areas inpart because it will not have the bandwidth for big cities.Starlink will nevertheless have the bandwidth to supportcustomers in rural areas and some cities, but Musk focusedattention on low-population areas in a keynote addressduring the Satellite 2020 conference. They represent an opportunity,as 5G and other connectivity services are orientedtoward the high-density populations of cities.