Enlarge / SpaceX Starlink satellite dish at Pelican Beach on Willard Bay Reservoir in Willard, Utah, in October 2022. reader comments 84 with SpaceX’s Starlink division hasn’t come close to meeting customer and revenue projections that the company shared with investors before building the satellite network, according to a Wall Street Journal report published today.… Read More »
Enlarge / SpaceX’s V2 Mini Starlink satellites. reader comments 95 with Share this story With Starlink speeds slowing due to a growing capacity crunch, SpaceX said a launch happening as soon as today will deploy the first “V2 Mini” satellites that provide four times more per-satellite capacity than earlier versions. Starlink’s second-generation satellites include the… Read More »
Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish. Getty Images | olegda88 reader comments 60 with Share this story SpaceX’s Starlink division has invited some potential users to try a “Global Roaming” service for $200 a month, saying the new plan “allows your Starlink to connect from almost anywhere on land in the world.” “Global Roaming makes… Read More »
Enlarge / The new version of Dishy McFlatface. Share this story Starlink is imposing new data-usage limits on its Internet customers, slowing speeds after a customer uses 1TB in any given month unless they pay extra. While the new data limits are in some ways more forgiving than Comcast’s data cap, the change may be… Read More »
Enlarge / An airplane with a Starlink Aviation terminal installed. reader comments 212 with 93 posters participating Share this story Enlarge / Close-up view of the Starlink Aviation terminal. SpaceX is now advertising Starlink Aviation, promising 350Mbps broadband with unlimited data for each airplane it’s installed in. “Starlink can deliver up to 350Mbps to each… Read More »
reader comments 93 with 74 posters participating Share this story Starlink’s median download speeds in the US dropped from 90.6Mbps to 62.5Mbps between the first and second quarters of 2022, according to Ookla speed tests. Starlink’s median upload speeds in the US dropped from 9.3Mbps to 7.2Mbps in the same timeframe. Median latency also got… Read More »
Enlarge / Starlink Maritime puts dual terminals on large boats. (credit: Starlink) SpaceX yesterday announced a Starlink Maritime service that will bring satellite Internet service to large boats for $5,000 per month and an up-front hardware purchase of $10,000. “From merchant vessels to oil rigs to premium yachts, Starlink Maritime allows you to connect from… Read More »
Enlarge / The new version of Dishy McFlatface. reader comments 100 with 75 posters participating Share this story Starlink has raised its prices for equipment and monthly service, blaming inflation for the increases in an email to customers. The up-front hardware cost was raised from $499 to $599 (a 20 percent increase), and the monthly… Read More »
Enlarge / The new version of Dishy McFlatface. reader comments 154 with 81 posters participating Share this story SpaceX is sending Starlink user terminals to Ukraine after a request from a government official. Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation, used Twitter to make a direct plea to SpaceX CEO Elon… Read More »
Enlarge / Illustration of a coronal mass ejection impacting the Earth’s atmosphere. These events can cause geomagnetic storms. Getty Images | Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library reader comments 179 with 97 posters participating Share this story SpaceX had to ditch most of its latest batch of Starlink satellites because they were disrupted by a geomagnetic storm… Read More »