<story><title>Starlink offering free internet access for 30 days for Hurricane Helene victims</title><url>https://www.starlink.com/support/article/58126733-e4d2-db62-b919-9da261a4e096</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jagtstronaut</author><text>Despite the hate on the promo the tech they offer is still pretty cool. Only way I knew my in-laws were safe near Asheville was because one of their neighbors had starlink and a generator. Took a week for them to get power and cell phone service back and there is no way to get to them without a helicopter so if it wasn&amp;#x27;t for the product we would have just learned that they were alright.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>RowanH</author><text>In New Zealand we&amp;#x27;re very much natural disaster prone. I run a SaaS working out of home - we wired the house for generator backup and have a starlink unit that sits in a box exactly for this reason, even if the proverbial hits the fan for a week I can still keep on top of the business.&lt;p&gt;Every couple of months the geny gets sparked up and everything tested. For a very small investment it&amp;#x27;s very comforting to know we&amp;#x27;ve always got power&amp;#x2F;internet, regardless of what happens.</text></comment>
<story><title>Starlink offering free internet access for 30 days for Hurricane Helene victims</title><url>https://www.starlink.com/support/article/58126733-e4d2-db62-b919-9da261a4e096</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jagtstronaut</author><text>Despite the hate on the promo the tech they offer is still pretty cool. Only way I knew my in-laws were safe near Asheville was because one of their neighbors had starlink and a generator. Took a week for them to get power and cell phone service back and there is no way to get to them without a helicopter so if it wasn&amp;#x27;t for the product we would have just learned that they were alright.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>matthewdgreen</author><text>To ask a tech question: how much capacity does Starlink have? If every single person in US rural areas switches to Starlink, can the system handle it? What&amp;#x27;s the bandwidth&amp;#x2F;customers&amp;#x2F;capacity limit for the service? (I&amp;#x27;m obviously not talking about emergencies, where degraded bandwidth is acceptable.)</text></comment>