Starlink Tops in Satellite Internet Speed Test, Dominates 97 Percent of Test Results

Starlink dominates the speed test results (photo: dok. SpaceX)

JAKARTA - Starlink is the most popular satellite internet service in various parts of the world. This is because Starlink offers a very fast and minimal network.

In the results of satellite speed tests published by Ookla, a website dedicated to testing network speed, Starlink is superior to its competitors. The reason is that Starlink managed to control 97.1 percent of all speed test samples in Speedtest.

This achievement puts its longtime competitors, such as Viasat and HughesNet, far behind in the bottom position. Viasat is in second place with 1.7 percent of the test sample, while HughesNet only controls 1.0 percent of the sample.

This dominance of Starlink is not surprising because SpaceX continues to launch its satellites massively. Currently, the company has the largest satellite internet constellation with a number of 10,000 units.

Ookla data also shows that the US is the largest market contributing the most speed testing sources. This position is then followed by Mexico, Indonesia, and Brazil as rapidly growing customer bases.

In the US, Starlink's performance showed an increase with an average download speed of 117Mbps. This figure has almost doubled compared to 2022 when the service experienced problems due to congestion.

The same trend is also seen in Canada, where the average download speed now reaches 111Mbps. However, in the Mexican region, the average speed is still at 54Mbps due to user density factors.

Monitoring systems show that the speed of this satellite internet is not fixed, depending on the time of daily activity. The highest speed is usually reached at midnight, while Starlink performance is seen to decrease when people start activities in the morning.