Ookla, known for its Speedtest service, has published comparative data on the speed of satellite Internet and fixed broadband in the United States. It turned out that the average speed of Starlink satellite Internet, measured in 15 countries, as of the fourth quarter of last year, came close to 105 Mbps. Recall that Starlink is being deployed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
104.97 Mbps is the average download speed in the Starlink service, and the average data upload speed to the Network is 12.04 Mbps. For comparison, download and upload speeds on fixed broadband networks in the US are 131.3 and 19.49 Mbps. Although there is a difference, it is already small. In addition, given how actively SpaceX is now launching new satellites, one can think that by the end of the year Starlink will at least catch up with US fixed-line networks in terms of speed.
As for direct competitors, Starlink simply has an overwhelming advantage both in terms of speed and delays in data transfer. Moreover, as seen in the graphs above, in many countries Starlink provides faster data transfer rates than local fixed broadband networks.
Source: ixbt
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