Our telcos have a problem, and contrary to popular grumbling, it is not one of ambition or ability. But what if I told you that the solution to this decades-old conundrum has been quietly assembling itself 550km above our heads? As reported by The Edge, Starlink representatives met communications minister Fahmi Fadzil to propose trialling direct-to-device (D2D) technology in Malaysia. Starlink cannot beat fibre in Bangsar, and no fibre operator can economically reach a fishing village in Pitas or a longhouse upriver from Kapit. It kept them, along with the billing and the branding, while quietly selling coverage that no tower network on earth could match.