NEWS: Cloudflare and Starlink may team up to fix a hidden problem that holds satellite internet back.
The idea came from Cloudflare's chief technology officer Dane Knecht (@dok2001) and Elon Musk seemed to like it.
Elon said he sent it straight to the Starlink team.
Here is the problem they are talking about.
The internet runs on a set of traffic rules that decide how data moves from place to place. Those rules were built for cables in the ground, which stay put and give a steady, predictable connection.
Starlink is different. Its satellites sit in low orbit and race across the sky, so the connection is always shifting. The old traffic rules were never made for that, which keeps Starlink from hitting its full speed.
Knecht's idea is to rebuild those rules from scratch, made for fast-moving satellites. He says Cloudflare and Starlink should do it together, since Cloudflare already handles a huge slice of the world's internet traffic.
If it works, Starlink gets faster, smoother and more reliable. Better video calls, better streaming, better gaming, even in places with no cables at all. And it clears the way for the massive data that AI will need.
Source: Elon Musk and Dane Knecht on X, August 2026
The reason government programs are so inefficient is that, unlike a commercial company, the feedback loop for improvement is broken, because they have a state-mandated monopoly and can’t go out of business if customers are unhappy.
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