> To no great surprise, Ookla found Starlink beats HughesNet and Viasat handly. The company found that "Starlink was the only satellite internet provider in the United States with fixed-broadband-like latency figures, and median download speeds fast enough to handle most of the needs of modern online life at 97.23 Megabits per second (Mbps) during Q2 2021. HughesNet was a distant second at 19.73 Mbps and Viasat third at 18.13 Mbps."
This is really deceptive. You can actually get really insane speeds on HughesNet/Viasat, the issue at hand is the service profiles available- Both HuguesNet/Viasat have 20Mbps down plans. If starlink goes full release at 100Mbps then sure? But that's highly unlikely unless they implement bandwidth caps or dont sell to the public (or limit subscribers to a tiny percentage?), as satellite bandwidth is extremely constrained (ESPECIALLY for leo constellations).
Where starlink is a clear undisputed winner is latency (not capacity). You'll actually be able to make video calls and play games on a starlink connection.
This is really deceptive. You can actually get really insane speeds on HughesNet/Viasat, the issue at hand is the service profiles available- Both HuguesNet/Viasat have 20Mbps down plans. If starlink goes full release at 100Mbps then sure? But that's highly unlikely unless they implement bandwidth caps or dont sell to the public (or limit subscribers to a tiny percentage?), as satellite bandwidth is extremely constrained (ESPECIALLY for leo constellations).
Where starlink is a clear undisputed winner is latency (not capacity). You'll actually be able to make video calls and play games on a starlink connection.