As Starlink Subs Grow, Download Speeds Take a Hit: Ookla
As SpaceX's Starlink broadband service adds subscribers -- with numbers hitting roughly 400,000 in Q2 -- its download speeds continue to slow, Ookla said Tuesday. It said its average download speed in the U.S. during Q3 of this year, 53…
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Mbps, was a 17% decline year over year. It said upload speeds were largely unchanged year over year, with Starlink averaging 7.22 Mbps in the U.S. It said Starlink's U.S. customer base has grown sizably over the past year, from at least 10 unique users in 776 counties -- which is roughly 25% of all counties -- to 2,399 counties, which is about 75%.