Jun 30, 2022 08:27:00

How fast has Elon Musk's satellite Internet 'Starlink' been in the past year?

Research firm

Ookla has announced the results of a survey on how fast the satellite Internet service ' Starlink ', which started its public beta service in November 2020, in the past year.

Here's How Fast Starlink Has Gotten Over the Past Year | Ookla®
https://www.ookla.com/articles/starlink-hughesnet-viasat-performance-q1-2022

According to Ookla's research, Starlink's median download speed in the United States was 65.72 Mbps in the first quarter of 2021, but 90.55 Mbps in the first quarter of 2022, which is about 38% faster. Similarly, in Canada, the speed has increased by about 58% from 61.84 Mbps to 97.40 Mbps. However, it has also been reported that upload speeds have dropped 33% from 16.29 Mbps to 9.33 Mbps in the United States and from 16.69 Mbps to 9.33 Mbps in Canada.

In the United States and Canada, the broadband environment is faster than Starlink, but in Mexico, the download speed is 105.91 Mbps and the upload speed is 19.10 Mbps, which is the broadband environment download speed 40.07 Mbps and upload speed 10.04 Mbps. It exceeds. However, the latency is 79 ms, which is defeated by 10 ms in the broadband environment.

In Europe, download speeds over 100Mbps in all countries where Starlink is commercially available (Litonia, Belgium, Slovakia, Croatia, Austria, Portugal, France, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom) record. Spain was the only country where the download speed of the domestic broadband environment exceeded Starlink.

Starlink is only available in Chile in South America, with downloads at 110.49 Mbps and uploads at 21.05 Mbps. However, the broadband environment in Chile is 187.61 Mbps for download and 94.47 Mbps for upload, which is faster, which is the second fastest broadband environment in the world.

In addition, Starlink's communication speed has exceeded broadband in Australia and New Zealand.