Elon Musk's Internet, Starlink, Experiencing 'Unknown' Global Outage

Elon Musk's broadband internet system, Starlink, is currently experiencing a global outage for reasons unknown.

Elon Musk's internet system, Starlink, is experiencing some major issues as it is down internationally for reasons unknown.

"⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show SpaceX Starlink satellite internet platform is currently experiencing an international outage; reason unknown. ?️? #StarlinkDown," reports confirmed.

Starlink is Elon Musk's internet, which is described as:

With Starlink, users can engage in activities that historically have not been possible with satellite internet.

Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency service is made possible via the world’s largest constellation of highly advanced satellites operating in a low orbit around the Earth.

Fans immediately took to Reddit to discuss the outage. One user wrote, "Starlink down for the last 20 minutes in the Caribbean. Just found out that my wife left me last Christmas," as another said, "Seems like global outage holy sh*t look at all of us with back up internet I’m proud of all of you."

While one user complained, "Got Obstructed....then Disconnected ..... then Offline.... then Disconnected."

As of 8:48 p.m. EST it seems that Starlink is back up and running, The reason for the outage is still unknown at this time.

Yesterday, AP News reported, "SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions as to whether the U.S. military needs to be more explicit in future contracts that services or products it purchases could be used in war, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Monday."

Their report continued, "Excerpts of a new biography of Musk published by The Washington Post last week revealed that the Ukrainians in September 2022 had asked for the Starlink support to attack Russian naval vessels based at the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Musk had refused due to concerns that Russia would launch a nuclear attack in response. Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and claims it as its territory."

"Musk was not on a military contract when he refused the Crimea request; he’d been providing terminals to Ukraine for free in response to Russia’s February 2022 invasion," their report continued. "However, in the months since, the U.S. military has funded and officially contracted with Starlink for continued support. The Pentagon has not disclosed the terms or cost of that contract, citing operational security."

Despite the outage, fans still love Starlink as customers have given great reviews of the internet service,

"It’s an entirely different world...Before Starlink we had to ration data and we couldn’t stream. Now we have files downloading, Pandora playing, Zoom going and there’s no latency whatsoever," one fan, William D. from Colorado, said in their review.

While another, Aaron W. from Southern England, wrote, "Absolute game changer! There’s no overpromising and underdelivering like our old slow provider. Plug it in and show Dishy the sky, that’s it! In under 5 minutes we’ve gone from the forgotten to having the fastest internet connection in the area.”

A third, Neil V. from New South Wales Australia, chimed in, "Millions are not connected to the Internet — we're thrilled to say that we're no longer among them. Blistering fast and online in minutes, Starlink ends a six-year journey,"