Just like its founder Elon Musk, Starlink’s satellite-based internet service is erratic.
That’s according to new data from Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence published Wednesday(Note: Ookla is owned by Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company.) An analysis of connectivity metrics collected from users show Starlink is delivering internet download and upload speeds that are sometimes faster, and sometimes slower, than the median of what’s available in those same areas. Starlink’s latency was higher than broadband in every region except one.
Starlink was sometimes an improvement over rural broadband options. And sometimes it really wasn’t.
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