Eau Claire County, Wis., Begins Free Starlink Internet Pilot
A one-year pilot in Eau Claire County, Wis., will provide free Internet to 50 residents through Elon Musk s satellite service, Starlink. The residents will receive equipment soon.
June 25, 2021 • (TNS) Participants in a rural broadband project should receive their Internet equipment in the near future.
The yearlong pilot project focuses on unserved businesses and households in rural parts of southeastern Eau Claire County. It is operated by SpaceX s Starlink and costs $85,000 total. The county chose 50 participants who will receive a year of free Internet as part of the project.
During the Eau Claire County Broadband Committee meeting Thursday, County Information Systems Director Dave Hayden said 48 of the 50 users signed and returned memoranda of understanding to the county. That allowed Starlink to email the users a link and instructions to set up their accounts. Once the a
Jun. 25—EAU CLAIRE — Participants in a rural broadband project should receive their internet equipment in the near future. The yearlong pilot project focuses on unserved businesses and households in rural parts of southeastern Eau Claire County. It is operated by SpaceX Starlink and costs $85,000 total. The county chose 50 participants who will receive a year of free internet as part of the .
Rural residents, businesses will test Starlink service By Gov. Tony Evers - May 13th, 2021 01:17 pm
EAU CLAIRE Gov.
Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), today announced the WEDC is assisting Eau Claire County in launching a pilot program to test SpaceX’s Starlink, a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites that can provide high-speed internet in rural areas where broadband is limited or not available. The announcement comes as Gov. Evers continues to underscore the importance of expanding access to reliable, high-speed internet as part of declaring 2021 the Year of Broadband Access.The pilot project, which will provide high-speed internet to 50 rural homes and businesses, is being supported by a $27,500 Capacity Building Grant from WEDC, as well as funding from a group of healthcare providers including Marshfield Clinic, Mayo Clinic and Hospital Sisters Health System. Chippewa Valley Technical Colleg
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WEDC grant hooks up rural Eau Claire County in pilot program with SpaceX Starlink
Eau Claire County has received a grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, for a pilot program to provide high-speed internet in rural areas.
As the county’s information systems director Dave Hayden explains, the service will be out of this world.
“We’re going to pilot SpaceX Starlink low orbit satellite technology, in an unserved an underserved area of southeastern Eau Claire County, just south of Augusta.”
The pilot project will provide high-speed internet to 50 rural homes and businesses. It’s being supported by a $27,000 grant from WEDC, as well as funding from a group of healthcare providers.