WELCOMING STARLINK.Manila Mayor and Aksyon Demokratiko presidential bet Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso met with SpaceX representatives at the Manila City Hall on Tuesday (March 29, 2022). Domagoso said he is expecting SpaceX Starlink's fast internet service to be operational in Manila soon.(Photo courtesy of Manila PIO) MANILA-Elon Musk's SpaceX low orbit satellite Starlink is coming to the City of Manila soon for faster, reliable internet service. On Tuesday, Manila Mayor and Aksyon Demokratiko presidential bet Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso had a meeting with Rebecca Hunter, SpaceX senior manager for government affairs, and Raymond Garcia, SpaceX partner-representative for the Philippines and other Asian countries at the Manila City Hall. "Maraming salamat na binigyan nila ng pagkakataon yung Maynila, mukhang mag-uumpisa na (I thank them that they gave Manila the opportunity, I think it will start soon). I'm very excited that Starlink is coming
In recent years, technologists have coined the phrase “splinternet” to describe the internet’s supposed evolution from a unified, borderless realm into a fragmented set of parallel internets, divided by national borders. This assumes that the internet was, at one point, global in some meaningful sense. But the reality has always been more complex. From the…