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Starlink Downloads Slowing, Possibly on Customer Growth: Ookla

Median Starlink download speeds in the U.S. in Q3 were 87.25 Mbps, down roughly 10 Mbps from Q2, which could be a function of additional customers, Ookla blogged Monday. It said HughesNet and Viasat median download speeds, each less than…

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20 Mbps, were essentially flat. Starlink median upload speed was 13.54 Mbps, while Viasat and HughesNet at around 3 Mbps were flat, it said. Ookla said there's adequate Q3 data to analyze SpaceX's Starlink performance in 304 U.S. counties, with the fastest in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, at 146.6 Mbps and slowest in Drummond Township, Michigan, at 46.63 Mbps.