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Musk: Starlink will hit 300Mbps and expand to “most of Earth” this year

Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. reader comments 142 with 80 posters participating Share this story Starlink broadband speeds will double to 300Mbps “later this year,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter yesterday. SpaceX has been telling users to expect speeds of 50Mbps to 150Mbps since the beta began… Read More »

Amazon’s answer to SpaceX Starlink delivers 400Mbps in prototype phase

reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story Amazon’s competitor to SpaceX Starlink is moving through the prototype-development phase, with the company announcing yesterday that it has “completed initial development on the antenna for our low-cost customer terminal.” Amazon said its “Ka-band phased-array antenna is based on a new architecture capable of delivering… Read More »