The Starlink service works by beaming down supposedly broadband-speed internet signal using a constellation of satellites orbiting the Earth.

A trial using the service launched today to test the speed of the service in more than a dozen ‘very hard to reach’ locations.

These are amongst the one per cent of the hardest sites in the UK to upgrade via expensive physical cables in more extreme locations such as mountainous areas or small islands.

A 12th-century abbey in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, a scout camping site in Snowdonia, a Lake District mountain rescue base and other remote premises will have equipment installed that allows them receive the service, potentially giving them broadband up to ten times faster than is currently available to them.

Following the trials, the government will consider the viability of using satellite technology to connect very hard to reach homes and businesses across the UK.

According to recent findings from...