Elon Musk-backed Starlink achieved median speed of 50Mbps in US and Canada, finds study
- ByAyushi Ray | September 11, 2021
Elon Musk-backed Starlink achieved median speed of 50Mbps in US and Canada, finds study. Speedcheck organisation carried out tests where it found satellite-based Starlink broadband showed 50.5 Mbps download speed, 14 Mbps upload speed, and 52.5 ms latency. The US’s median upload and download speeds were 13 Mbps and 50 Mbps, respectively, with 57ms latency. And the median download and upload speeds in Canada were 49 Mbps and 14 Mbps, respectively, with 52 ms latency. As per reports, there were several complaints against Starlink by users involving issues such as higher cost and unstable links. It also noted that while Starlink would be more applicable in the rural areas, affordability in those areas is a question as to whether the people who could afford Starlink live in cities and do not need internet connectivity as much as people in the rural areas.
The report further compared Starlink satellite broadband with existing broadband services like Fiber and DSL which Starlink has to compete with including other satellite service providers with plans to launch satellite services in the future. It noted that Starlink will have to compete with the existing satellite service providers operating in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). In such areas, low earth orbit satellites like Starlink have an upper hand because of the lower latencies. Due to high latencies, people have problems with video calls, conference calls, gaming, among others.
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