Early SpaceX Starlink beta customers say they are 'Streaming 4K with zero buffering'

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Early SpaceX Starlink beta customers say they are 'Streaming 4K with zero buffering'

A few days ago, SpaceX started to offer Starlink satellite broadband internet service in areas located in the northern United States and southern Canada. With approximately 888 internet-beaming satellites in orbit the Starlink network is capable of providing 'moderate' broadband coverage.

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A few days ago, SpaceX started to offer Starlink satellite broadband internet service in areas located in the northern United States and southern Canada. With approximately 888 internet-beaming satellites in orbit the Starlink network is capable of providing 'moderate' broadband coverage. Early Starlink customers have shared photographs via social media of the Starlink Kit that is utilized to receive internet connection from the satellites in space. The Starlink Kit includes: "Dishy McFlatface" which is a 19-inch dish phased-array antenna, a mounting tripod for the dish, and an oddly-shaped Wi-Fi router device, pictured below.

Image Source: Reddit user Akumzy

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STARLINK WI-FI ROUTER Image Source: Rawku2

SpaceX priced the Starlink Kit at $499 USD. The company states the phased-array dish "is more advanced than what's in fighter jets." The monthly broadband service fee is priced at $99 USD. SpaceX told early customers that they are part of a beta testing phase of the network called "Better Than Nothing Beta" test program. The company sent out an e-mail to potential customers which details what early Starlink users can expect from being part of the program --"As you can see from the title, we are trying to lower your initial expectations," SpaceX wrote, "Expect to see data speeds vary from 50Mb/s to 150Mb/s [megabits per second] and latency from 20ms to 40ms [milliseconds] over the next several months as we enhance the Starlink system. There will also be brief periods of no connectivity at all," the email reads. SpaceX states that as more satellites are deployed to orbit the network's speed and reliability will increase --"As we launch more satellites, install more ground stations and improve our networking software, data speed, latency and uptime will improve dramatically," the company wrote. "For latency, we expect to achieve 16ms to 19ms by summer 2021."

Image Source: Reddit user Rawku2

Early Starlink customers have tested their Starlink network speed. This week, a Twitter user shared results from a Starlink beta tester in Washington state, who said they have been able to stream videos at "1440p and 4K with zero buffering on YouTube" using SpaceX's internet service. A screenshot of the speed results (shown below) says the Starlink user experienced a latency speed of 38 miliseconds (ms), download speed of 134 megabits per second (mbps) and upload of 14.8 mbps. --"Latency will improve significantly soon. Bandwidth too," the founder of SpaceX Elon Musk replied to the post via Twitter.

Latency will improve significantly soon. Bandwidth too.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2020

Musk previously said that SpaceX targets to offer its Starlink customers high-speed broadband internet with low-latency of 20ms. This capability will be unlocked as more satellites are deployed to orbit. The company plans to continue deploying approximately 120 satellites on a monthly basis to rapidly expand the network's coverage in 2021.

 

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Just imagine you are living in a remote area and you have lots of money. Well this is an amazing solution to get you the internet where it isn't possible to get Broadband Internet or just Internet.

 

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Playing Call of Duty multiplayer over a satellite link

 

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This will be bigger than Tesla.

 

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Early SpaceX Starlink beta customers say they are 'Streaming 4K with zero buffering'

A few days ago, SpaceX started to offer Starlink satellite broadband internet service in areas located in the northern United States and southern Canada. With approximately 888 internet-beaming satellites in orbit the Starlink network is capable of providing 'moderate' broadband coverage.

www.tesmanian.com

Image Sources: FourthEchelon19 via Reddit / Rawku2 via Reddit.

A few days ago, SpaceX started to offer Starlink satellite broadband internet service in areas located in the northern United States and southern Canada. With approximately 888 internet-beaming satellites in orbit the Starlink network is capable of providing 'moderate' broadband coverage. Early Starlink customers have shared photographs via social media of the Starlink Kit that is utilized to receive internet connection from the satellites in space. The Starlink Kit includes: "Dishy McFlatface" which is a 19-inch dish phased-array antenna, a mounting tripod for the dish, and an oddly-shaped Wi-Fi router device, pictured below.

Image Source: Reddit user Akumzy

Image Source: Reddit user Rawku2

STARLINK WI-FI ROUTER Image Source: Rawku2

SpaceX priced the Starlink Kit at $499 USD. The company states the phased-array dish "is more advanced than what's in fighter jets." The monthly broadband service fee is priced at $99 USD. SpaceX told early customers that they are part of a beta testing phase of the network called "Better Than Nothing Beta" test program. The company sent out an e-mail to potential customers which details what early Starlink users can expect from being part of the program --"As you can see from the title, we are trying to lower your initial expectations," SpaceX wrote, "Expect to see data speeds vary from 50Mb/s to 150Mb/s [megabits per second] and latency from 20ms to 40ms [milliseconds] over the next several months as we enhance the Starlink system. There will also be brief periods of no connectivity at all," the email reads. SpaceX states that as more satellites are deployed to orbit the network's speed and reliability will increase --"As we launch more satellites, install more ground stations and improve our networking software, data speed, latency and uptime will improve dramatically," the company wrote. "For latency, we expect to achieve 16ms to 19ms by summer 2021."

Image Source: Reddit user Rawku2

Early Starlink customers have tested their Starlink network speed. This week, a Twitter user shared results from a Starlink beta tester in Washington state, who said they have been able to stream videos at "1440p and 4K with zero buffering on YouTube" using SpaceX's internet service. A screenshot of the speed results (shown below) says the Starlink user experienced a latency speed of 38 miliseconds (ms), download speed of 134 megabits per second (mbps) and upload of 14.8 mbps. --"Latency will improve significantly soon. Bandwidth too," the founder of SpaceX Elon Musk replied to the post via Twitter.





Musk previously said that SpaceX targets to offer its Starlink customers high-speed broadband internet with low-latency of 20ms. This capability will be unlocked as more satellites are deployed to orbit. The company plans to continue deploying approximately 120 satellites on a monthly basis to rapidly expand the network's coverage in 2021.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/pikangikum-spacex-starlink-1.5824234

[Canadian] Pikangikum First Nation gets broadband from SpaceX Starlink

A remote community in northwestern Ontario may be the first community in the country to get hooked up to SpaceX Starlink broadband internet.

The community's 15 offices and businesses are now connected to broadband, after installations took place with Kenora's FSET Information Technology and Services.

"It really is a copy (and) paste in terms of what's needed to be done here," said David Brown, the CEO of FSET.

"It's simply a matter of making those arrangements to purchase, service the equipment, and everyone else can do what Pikangikum has done."

Internet connectivity is poor in many remote communities in northwestern Ontario. Brown said this technology has the possibility to change that.

He said originally, his company was tasked with setting up better internet service in Pikangikum.

"At a point after a few months, we tried a different approach," he said, noting traditional service through wires, just wasn't working. So, he reached out to SpaceX regarding its low-orbit satellite internet.

"Eventually, I was put in touch with an individual that was very interested, wanted to hear this story and the challenges that they were having. He took that back, and advocated on their behalf for approval to be one of the first Starlink users of SpaceX technology."

Brown said the community was slated for beta testing, but timing delays meant the community is having its hardware installed as the service is becoming available to early adopters.

"It really is as advertised. It's everything they say it is and more. Within the first 15, 20 minutes of being in the community, we were able to get to the first site, unbox the unit, plug it in outside, test it, and we were doing video conferencing call between Pikangikum and me, here in Kenora."

Brown said the opportunity the high-speed broadband offers to remote communities is like nothing seen before. He said especially during the pandemic, the ability to videoconference will allow community members to stay at home, and not have to travel for appointments.

He said it was amazing how interested SpaceX was in ensuring a remote community, with about 2,000 members, had the best access available.

"You're dealing with a company like SpaceX that's incredibly large and incredibly successful, and doing some amazing things."

"Everybody came together in the community to do something special here."

"I'm incredibly impressed that it's everything it's built to be, and more."

Pikangikum First Nation - Wikipedia

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SpaceX's Starlink wins nearly $900 million in FCC subsidies to bring internet to rural areas

The FCC awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX with nearly $900 million worth of federal subsidies to support rural customers with its Starlink satellite internet network

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Just imagine you are living in a remote area and you have lots of money. Well this is an amazing solution to get you the internet where it isn't possible to get Broadband Internet or just Internet.

How expensive is it ?

 

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How expensive is it ?

I read it costs somewhere around $99/Month.

 

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SpaceX begins to offer Starlink Internet service to select customers in the United Kingdom

It is the first known European country to receive Starlink service invitations. “This is your official invitation to participate in Starlink's Better Than Nothing Beta program!"

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SpaceX begins to offer Starlink Internet service to select customers in the United Kingdom