Alan Musk has announced the availability of Starlink in Bhutan through his X post. In his post, Musk wrote, “Starlink now available in Bhutan!”. In fact, Musk and Starlink shared this information with the world on Tuesday, but the network had started officially in Bhutan since December last year.
Starlink Alan Musk’s company is a satellite internet service operated by Spacex, which aims to provide high speed internet connectivity in remote and inaccessible areas of the world. This service works through a network of small satellites located in the Lower Earth Orbit (Leo), which establish connections with ground terminals on Earth. Through these terminals, the Internet signal reaches the users’ devices.
Bhutan is a hilly country, where it is challenging to establish traditional internet infrastructure. In such a situation, Starlink service has emerged as an important option for the citizens there. However, this technology is currently in its early stages and due to high cost it is quite expensive.
Starlink is offering various plans in Bhutan:
- Residential Light Plan: The price of this plan is 3,000 Bhutani Nagulatram (about 3,100 Indian rupees) per month, with a speed of 23 Mbps to 100 Mbps.
- Standard Residential Plan: It is priced at 4,200 Bhutanese Nagulatram (about 4,300 Indian rupees) per month, which provides speed and unlimited data from 25 Mbps to 110 Mbps.
- Priority plan: The plan is for businesses and government offices, which starts from 5,900 Bhutani Nagulatram to 106,000 Bhutani Nagulatram, with speeds ranging from 50 Mbps to 220 Mbps and data from 40 GB to 6 tB.
Certainly the prices of these plans are higher than the Internet service available in India. For example, most broadband plans coming between Rs 400 to Rs 1,000 per month in India claim to give speed between 100 and 200 Mbps and can also give unlimited data. However, as we mentioned satellite internet service is an important solution for areas where traditional internet connectivity is not available or limited.
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