The promise of constellations of low earth orbit satellites is a combination of higher access speeds and lower latency. According to second quarter 2021 tests by Ookla, Starlink is demonstrating those values.
Starlink was the only U.S. satellite internet provider with a median latency that was anywhere near that seen on fixed broadband in the second quarter of 2021 (45 ms and 14 ms, respectively).
Starlink was the only satellite internet provider in the United States with fixed-broadband-like latency figures, and median download speeds fast enough to handle most of the needs of modern online life at 97.23 Mbps during Q2 2021 (up from 65.72 Mbps in Q1 2021).
HughesNet averaged 19.73 Mbps (15.07 Mbps in Q1 2021) and Viasat managed 18.13 Mbps (17.67 Mbps in Q1 2021).
Compare that to 115.22 Mbps, the median download speed for all fixed broadband providers in the United States during Q2 2021.
Starlink performance in 458 counties in the United States ranged from 168.30 Mbps) to 64.51 Mbps.
Starlink’s median download speed exceeded that of fixed broadband in Canada (86.92 Mbps compared to 84.24 Mbps, making Starlink a reasonable alternative to fixed broadband in Canada, Ookla notes.
Starlink also showed a much faster median download speed in the United Kingdom during the second quarter of 2021 (108.30 Mbps) than the country’s average for fixed broadband (50.14 Mbps).
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