Starlink Satellite Internet Stood by It’s Claim

SpaceX has been launching batches of Starlink internet satellites on a regular basis since May 2019, and there are now hundreds of nodes in its mega constellation. That provides sufficient coverage that SpaceX has started rolling out a beta test of its new satellite internet service known as “Better than nothing Beta“. Starlink service was started for beta testers a few days back. Beta testers of a limited latitude were selected where best connectivity could be provided by the company, the majority of beta testers were of the Washington region or the northern US. One of the beta testers provided us with elaborate results while stating 

Beta testers received an email which stated that internet speeds varying from 50-150 Mbps with latency of 20-40ms should be expected during the beta while speed and latency will improve in future

Beta User Test Results

As per Kenneth Auchenberg latency average of about 34ms was achieved, with some jitter which may have been due to the obstacles in path. While the dish receiver was on the roof with the ridgeline mount and a couple of trees in the way, even so he had steady high speeds. Few interruptions were noticed by the tester, probably from satellite transitions, but almost 100% steady since initial setup. The beta tester even made the reddit post using starlink. There was zero buffering while streaming videos on Youtube on 1440p and 4K. Best speeds attained be the user were 134 Mbps Download and 14.8 Mbps Upload with 38ms Ping.