Starlink, owned by Elon Musk, has changed the game in terms of internet accessibility in rural and other underserved areas lacking high-speed broadband infrastructure. It has 2 million US subscribers, and more than 6 million globally.

SpaceX's Starlink satellite network was back up and running on Friday as engineers hunted for the root cause of one of its biggest international outages the night before, a rare disruption for the powerful internet system set off by an internal software failure.

I’m located in Southern Italy," wrote one customer on Reddit a few hours ago.Several US-based Starlink users—from Virginia to Arkansas—chimed in that they, too, are still not back online. Others recommended they try a factory reboot.