Starlink Download Speeds Increasing, Says Ookla

Download speeds for SpaceX's Starlink broadband service are up 38% in the U.S. over the past year, from averaging 65.72 Mbps in Q1 2021 to 90.55 Mbps in Q1 2022, Ookla said Tuesday. It said average speeds in Canada were up nearly 58% over the same span, from 61.84 Mbps to 97.40 Mbps. It said average upload speeds decreased: from 16.29 Mbps in Q1 2021 to 9.33 Mbps in Q1 2022 in the U.S. and 16.69 Mbps to 10.70 Mbps in Canada. It said median latency was up slightly, from 40 milliseconds to 43 in the U.S., and 51 to 55 in Canada. For many users, that latency increase is likely negligible, it said. It said Viasat in the U.S. in Q1 was averaging speeds of 22.31/2.81 Mbps and latency of 628 milliseconds, and HughesNet averaged 22.19/2.65 Mbps and latency of 724.