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The year 2030. It’s your birthday. Your mother calls you and asks you what gift you need. You reply with the internet data. And, in return, your mother says, tweet a post addressing Elon Musk. Elon Musk? With data becoming the engine to ignite the world and its business, some people will surely reply with such statements. But, why? It is because Elon Musk launched a Starlink Project a few months back to deliver hassle-free internet globally. Read this Exhibit blog to know more about the Starlink Project and hi-speed internet service access that Elon Musk will provide soon.

What’s the buzz around?

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has recently announced that their Starlink Project will start delivering internet service globally by September 2021. At this moment, this service (beta one) is available in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and part of Europe. SpaceX will provide internet service to all at a rate of $99 (INR 7000/- an estimate). However, before launching it in India, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has clearly instructed SpaceX to obtain a related license. Hence, if you are ready to pay an amount mentioned above through UPI, debit card, or credit card, you may get something awesome for sure.

About Starlink Project

SpaceX’s Starlink Project is about launching satellites in the low-earth orbit of 2000 km and making a constellation to provide reliable internet service to people like you. If you think it’s a cool and new concept, then Sheldon Cooper can stop you for sure. There are many geostationary satellites already roaming in space for better coverage. So, why this now? Again Sheldon Cooper will talk about the general time and distance concept. Stationing in the low-earth orbit will ensure that there is low latency and better internet speed. Do you know how much? As per some reports, if you are a privileged user who will subscribe to the SpaceX service, you will get an internet speed of 209.17 Mbps. Now, don’t try to sing the unheard, unpopular, and unrecognized Pyaar Impossible’s title track.

I am loving it – Hi-Speed Internet Service

Well, SpaceX may face a lawsuit from McDonald’s if they use this tagline. But it’s completely known that everyone who will use SpaceX internet service will surely say these lines. So, start making a checklist about the web series you are thinking of watching on hi-speed or a movie that you haven’t watched as of now. Wait, wait, wait. There’s one more. If you can go for 7000 bucks in a year, take a chance and go for a YouTube premium because fun has no end. Get ready for hi-speed internet service.

One fine day, maybe Sundar Pichai would have opened his smartphone and watched “Family Man.” Well, it’s all about a story of MAYBEs or PROBABLYs that may have hit his mind. And, the very first statement that might have hit his mind can be Sharib Hashmi‘s line Privacy is a myth, just like democracy. However, whatever statements Mr Pichai delivered cannot be denied at any cost, especially that too on internet freedom. If you think you live in the vicinity of ultra-conservatives and need a break, here’s a blog from Exhibit. The Exhibit has showcased how privacy is shrinking through its previous blog on Flemish Scrollers. Let’s know more about this news.

Why so much buzz?

Recently, Sundar Pichai gave an interview to BBC editor Amit Ranjan. He showed concerns about internet freedom and how some countries curbed these rights from their citizens, and hardly there is any roar from other liberal places. Mr Pichai has made points related to taxes, privacy, and data. He added that the restricted flow of information gets the grant and leverage from time to time. He somewhere pointed out China, where a communist regime doesn’t allow Google products and services. Read the entire news here.

Is freedom of the internet really shrinking?

Many global institutions come out with indices to check the performance of any country on several indicators. However, there is no index or report that talks about internet freedom. A reputed agency named Reporters Without Borders comes out with the World Press Freedom Index. In addition to this, we have an Inclusive Internet Index, but that takes very different parameters or approaches regarding internet penetration worldwide, including affordability, availability, relevance, and readiness. The problem with these is that some highly respectable Asians believe that they are merely subjective computation of values from the prism of Western liberalists.

Can there be any way to track internet freedom?

Well, don’t tell any new institution to frame a new index that can keep an eye on curbing internet freedom. Then, what to do? Relax, there’s one way out. If you are a coder or a data analyst, the Internet Inclusive Index can provide you with that escape route. How? Look at their framework? A little twist can let you assess internet freedom for sure. But you need to be a bit patient and read the entire report to understand the attributes and sub-indicators attached to these attributes, especially the availability one. Rest, R and Python will be your acumen to extrapolate your expectation. In addition, you can also scrounge Freedom House reports too. Let the world see what you can extract from the same report.

Conclusion

Privacy has become a part of the concern, and if a personality like Google CEO is rising, damn, you need to understand that someone is digging a grave to silence your internet space. Let the hope in you always light the fire to ensure you can use your mobile data easily.