Tired of spotty internet, Bolivians are smuggling in Starlink
Last month, Darren Jason Watkins Jr., a popular American streamer, broadcast a visit to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s largest city. As his stream kept glitching, Watkins Jr., known as IShowSpeed, became more irritated.
“There’s no internet in Bolivia,” he told his 35 million followers as he walked with the city’s mayor. Watkins Jr. ended his livestream a few minutes later. It was the shortest during a tour across South America that included 10 other countries.
It isn’t just Watkins Jr. who ...
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