Elon Musk's satellite Internet in the USA has reached the speed of a broadband Internet connection. This is reported on the Ookla Speedtest website.
The company's specialists analyzed the speed of Starlink around the world and compared it with those of other providers and Internet services. The report showed that in some regions the speed of Starlink is approaching the speed of regular wired internet. Also, the satellite network from the Ilona Mask company surpasses its competitors in this segment.
In particular, in the second quarter of the year in the United States, the average Starlink speed reached a record 97.23 megabits per second. According to experts, this is close to the average speed of broadband Internet connection in the region, which is 115.22 megabits per second. Actual download speeds over Starlink and broadband are 13.89 and 17.18 megabits per second, respectively.
In the Canadian, New Zealand and UK markets, Starlink is preferred over traditional providers. For example, in Canada, Starlink and traditional Internet speeds were 86.92 and 84.24 megabits per second, respectively. In New Zealand – 127.02 and 78.85 megabits per second, in the UK – 108.3 and 50.14 megabits per second, respectively.
Ookla analysts also found out that Elon Musk's service is currently superior to its competitors. For example, the average speed of the popular satellite provider HughesNet was 19.73 megabits per second.
In early August, it became known that the number of Starlink satellite Internet users approached 90 thousand. At the end of June, Elon Musk promised that 500 thousand users will be connected to Starlink in a year.
