Cable is becoming Starlink's new best friend

Starlink poses a potential threat to cable in largely rural areas, but it also turns out that Elon Musk's satellite broadband service is emerging as a partner for cable operators that are seeking new ways to keep their business customers connected. In the wake of announcing its first cable partnership, with Comcast's business unit in June, Starlink has quickly followed with a similar pact with GCI, Alaska's largest broadband operator. GCI, a subsidiary of Liberty Broadband, said it has inked an enterprise reseller agreement with Starlink, the satellite broadband service that relies on a constellation of thousands of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Tapping into Starlink's platform will give GCI a new way to connect business service customers in some of the most remote areas of North America.