{"id":55667,"date":"2024-11-12T15:35:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=55667"},"modified":"2024-11-12T15:35:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:35:34","slug":"starlink-pauses-new-subscriptions-in-africa-as-internet-demand-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/12\/starlink-pauses-new-subscriptions-in-africa-as-internet-demand-soars\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlink Pauses New Subscriptions in Africa as Internet Demand Soars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ogbodo<\/p>\n<p>Starlink, the satellite internet provider founded by Elon Musk, has paused new subscriptions in multiple African cities due to an overwhelming demand for its service.<\/p>\n<p>Musk confirmed the suspension on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, explaining that Starlink is working to expand capacity in densely populated urban areas as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came after a user on X highlighted that new registrations were temporarily unavailable in certain African urban centres, where Starlink has already reached capacity limits.<\/p>\n<p>Musk clarified that while urban areas face capacity challenges, significant availability remains in rural regions.<\/p>\n<p>The surge in demand underscores the need for reliable internet across African cities, where infrastructure limitations have restricted access to high-speed, stable connections.<\/p>\n<p>Starlink\u2019s high-speed satellite service launched in Nigeria in January 2023, rapidly gained traction, with over 23,000 subscribers by the end of 2023, making Starlink Nigeria&#8217;s third-largest internet service provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ogbodo Starlink, the satellite internet provider founded by Elon Musk, has paused new subscriptions in multiple African cities due to an overwhelming demand for its service. Musk confirmed the suspension on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, explaining that Starlink is working to expand capacity in densely populated urban areas as quickly as possible. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":55668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-55667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55669,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55667\/revisions\/55669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}