The SpaceX CEO claims the company’s satellite-based internet service is set to more than double in speed this year.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has promised that the company’s satellite-based internet service Starlink will see a huge boost to its speeds “later this year,” – encouraging news for anyone who’s put down a deposit on a Starlink beta kit after the company recently opened pre-orders to the public. Musk made the claim in a tweet, replying to a user who posted their internet speeds following initial setup of the dish and router, saying: “Speed will double to ~300Mb/s & latency will drop to ~20ms later this year.” Starlink recently expanded its beta testing program, inviting members of the public to put down a $99 deposit on a kit that includes the dish antenna and router. The user Musk was replying to had mentioned earlier in the same thread that their original speed test clocked in at 77Mbps with a latency of 44ms. They later ran a test which saw the speed increase to 130Mbps, with the caveat that they were standing next to the router when performing it. Currently, Starlink’s website promises internet speeds of around 50 to 150Mbps, which is in line with the Twitter user’s speed tests.
