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Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps

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Re: Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps

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Post by mey »

LinuxBender wrote: post #2

More useful to me would be bufferbloat [1] tests. Any starlink beta testers on HN? Also useful would be nuttcp or iperf3 tests just in case they optimized / prioritized for sites like dslreports and other speed test sites. [1] - http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest

Some of these links start a speed test on page load beware. All of them collect IP info/metrics about you.

   https://fast.com/
   http://speed.ui.com/
   http://speedtest.googlefiber.net/
   https://www.speedtest.net

Re: Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps

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Post by jasonpeacock »

Honestly, this is just awesome. It's a working demonstration of high-speed satellite internet, showing this approach is a viable solution for "anywhere on Earth" internet.

For all those people who don't have broadband available, this will be life-changing.

It'll only get better from here, welcome to the future :)

(and remember that perfect is the enemy of good)

Re: Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps

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Post by bryanlarsen »

supernova87a wrote: post #7

What is the pricing? No one ever seems to answer this all-important question...

Shotwell has said that it will be competitive with existing Internet pricing at $80. She didn't say it would be $80, but competitive with that pricing. Read that as you will. I'm sure that's only the starting price, that you'll be able to pay a lot more for more bandwidth.

Re: Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps

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Post by 908B64B197 »

jefft255 wrote: post #4

Pings and upload speeds seem impressive (although as someone else said we'll see when under load). I come from a place (rural Canada) where a non-trival amount of people who live far away from town centers do not have access to decent internet. This will be a good alternative to existing satellite ISPs, or 5mbps (on a good day) land ISPs. Also potentially amazing for people living off-grid.

I'm fairly confident that the Canadian FCC will find a way to outlaw starlink judging by their track record with existing telecom companies & banning international investments.

Re: Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps

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Post by BitwiseFool »

topkai22 wrote: post #10
bananaface wrote: post #6

Won't these speeds dramatically reduce once there are a lot of users saturating the connections?

I suspect it will be really serving areas where that is unlikely to happen (rural areas and over ocean transportation).

I'd switch to Starlink JUST to spite Comcast.

Re: Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 Mbps

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Post by dougmwne »

This is already quite an achievement! In just 10 launches, SpaceX is operating the world's largest satellite constellation and can already provide broadband of reasonable quality to some customers. In rural areas, I have struggled to catch weak LTE signals with fixed antennas that often didn't hit these speed and latency numbers. This absolutely seems on track to be an excellent alternative to rural LTE or existing satellite internet providers. If it gets better from here with more launches, it's all gravy as far as I'm concerned.

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Post by birdyrooster »

jasonpeacock wrote: post #12

Honestly, this is just awesome. It's a working demonstration of high-speed satellite internet, showing this approach is a viable solution for "anywhere on Earth" internet. For all those people who don't have broadband available, this will be life-changing. It'll only get better from here, welcome to the future :) (and remember that perfect is the enemy of good)

I’m still not sure we won’t get develop Kessler Syndrome (runaway debris situation in LEO) so let’s hope you are right.

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Post by elnik »

jasonpeacock wrote: post #12

Honestly, this is just awesome. It's a working demonstration of high-speed satellite internet, showing this approach is a viable solution for "anywhere on Earth" internet. For all those people who don't have broadband available, this will be life-changing. It'll only get better from here, welcome to the future :) (and remember that perfect is the enemy of good)

I wonder what happens on a cloudy day.. currently the satellite based DTH television displays a cloud and refuses to work. Technically is there a work around to that?
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