Elon Musk is breaking it with his satellite internet; This is what its users say

Starlinka company satellite internet to Elon Muskbreaks it down, with its users in both urban and non-urban areas saying they love the service, an Ookla report revealed.

Indeed, the report warns against this Starlink users are happier with their service than users of other fixed broadband providers.

Ookla says that both metro and non-metro Starlink far outperform both metro and non-metro Internet Service Providers (ISPs). For example, Metro Starlink scored 31.94 compared to -23.62 for all two metropolitan fixed-broadband providers combined, although Starlink has an average download speed of 65.29 Mbps compared to 203.93 Mbps for all fixed-broadband providers combined.

The report notes that non-metro Starlink had a higher average of -42.21, compared to non-metro ISPs of -21.27; This is particularly notable considering that Starlink’s average download speed was much closer to the average fixed non-metro broadband speed of 72.18Mbps to 100.41Mbps.

Starlink clearly provides a much-loved option for users in rural and non-urban areas who often don’t have very good internet options, if any. The message is loud and clear, Starlink users are more than willing to recommend the service and love the internet they getOokla study confirms.

This makes competition from Starlink

Elon Musk’s satellite company isn’t the only company providing broadband services around the world. Because of this, Ookla highlighted what other companies are doing and emphasized that competition in the satellite internet sector is starting to get fiercer.

1. The Amazon Kuiper Project

After the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave the green light to Amazon’s Project Kuiper 3236 LEO satellite constellation, the company moved quickly to offer its low-cost satellite stations to consumer customers in March.

These new terminals have different tiered models, which promise to offer 100Mbps and 400Mbps models for consumers and businesses, and 1Gbps models for “enterprise, government, and telecom applications that require more bandwidth.”

Also, Amazon is getting into the chipset business and producing its own 5G modem chip, which will be embedded in every terminal.

2. Viasat launched Viasat-3

On April 30, 2023, Viasat launched the first of three long-awaited Viasat-3 arrays, intended to provide 1 Terabit per second (Tbps) of network capacity on each satellite, twice the entire operating fleet.

By adding two more satellites, Viasat can increase throughput up to 500-600 percent of its current network capacity. This could allow its users to experience connections in excess of 100 Mbps, which is a huge improvement for many consumers.

3. Eutelsat, OneWeb and Intelsat are making great strides

While the merger of Eutelsat and OneWeb has yet to bear fruit, both satellite operators have signed major deals with Intelsat to add more global satellite capacity. In addition, OneWeb launched 36 additional LEO satellites into orbit at the end of March, providing additional options for many of its vendors.

4. The European Union gives the green light to the multi-orbital constellation.

The European Union (EU) has approved a €6 billion multi-orbital constellation plan, which includes GEO, MEO and LEO clusters, and will provide connectivity to all EU citizens. The project will support the communication priorities of this group of countries, including economy, environment, security and defence, and is expected to be launched in 2024 and fully operational by 2027.

5. HughesNet will launch Jupiter 3 in the second quarter of 2023

Satellite internet provider HughesNet has unveiled its new Jupiter 3 array, which is designed to deliver 500Gbps on the Ka-band and will enable HughesNet to provide consumers with both 50Mbps and 100Mbps offerings. While The Matrix has not yet been officially launched, it doubles the size of the Hughes Jupiter fleet in North and South America.”