Starlink data starting to trickle in, despite NDAs on Beta Testers

Starlink data is starting to trickle in, despite NDAs on Beta Testers.

https://arstechnica.com/information-...acex-starlink-
beta-tests-show-speeds-up-to-60mbps-latency-as-low-as-31ms/

Bandwidth numbers from above:

Beta users of SpaceX's Starlink satellite-broadband service are
getting download speeds ranging from 11Mbps to 60Mbps, according to
tests conducted using Ookla's speedtest.net tool. Speed tests showed
upload speeds ranging from 5Mbps to 18Mbps.

Latency numbers from above:

The same tests, conducted over the past two weeks, showed latencies
or ping rates ranging from 31ms to 94ms.
....
Update at 11:18pm ET: A new Reddit post listing more speed tests
shows some Starlink users getting even lower latency of 21ms and
20ms.

Those are some decent numbers that will almost certainly blow rural DSL
providers out of the water.

Unfortunately, this Administration's FCC has been hostile towards
Starlink. From the article:

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai doubted Musk's latency claims and in May 2020
proposed to classify SpaceX and all other satellite operators as
high-latency providers?i.e. above 100ms?for purposes of a rural-
broadband funding distribution. The FCC backed off that plan but
said companies like SpaceX will have to prove they can offer low
latencies, and it continued to express "serious doubts" that
SpaceX and other similar providers will be able to deliver
latencies of less than 100ms.

Beta Testers are confirming that SpaceX's Starlink is *not* a "high
latency provider" like traditional geosynchronous satellite Internet
providers.

Jeff
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