SpaceX Starlink speeds revealed as beta users get downloads of 11 to 60Mbps

SpaceX Starlink speeds revealed as beta users get downloads of 11 to 60Mbps

  • September 25, 2020
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SpaceX Starlink speeds revealed as beta users get downloads of 11 to 60Mbps

The same tests, conducted over the past two weeks, showed latencies or ping rates ranging from 31ms to 94ms. This isn’t a comprehensive study of Starlink speeds and latency, so it’s not clear whether this is what Internet users should expect once Starlink satellites are fully deployed and the service reaches commercial availability. We asked SpaceX several questions about the speed-test results yesterday and will update this article if we get answers.

Links to 11 anonymized speed tests by Starlink users were posted by a Reddit user yesterday. Another Reddit user compiled some of the tests to make this graphic:

Source: arstechnica.com

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