ELON Musk has revealed his Starlink satellite internet service will be 10 times faster than broadband by the end of the year. The billionaire CEO revealed the news in a tweeted response to a Starlink customer. Speed will double to ~300Mb/s & latency will drop to ~20ms later this year — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2021 The customer tweeted a picture of their Starlink dish setup. Musk responded: “Speed will double to ~300Mb/s & latency will drop to ~20ms later this year.” This is a much faster internet speed than most people are used to. Cheap broadband services can give you 30 Mbps speeds, which are still quick enough to download a song or a file in a few seconds. Most of Earth by end of year, all by next year, then it's about densifying coverage. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2021 However, that’s not a great speed for streaming or downloading lots of content. The average broadband speed in the UK last year was 64 Mbps. Average speeds in the US can be much lower. Musk has also revealed he wants to provide internet to most of the Earth by the end of 2021. Although he did… Read full this story
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