With the opening of Starlink for testing, the network speed performance that everyone is most concerned about can be said to be very satisfactory. However, the satellite receiver must be placed outdoors, so many people are still worried about whether it may be affected by bad weather, resulting in The speed is unstable or even slows down. Recently, a foreign user shared his actual experience. The snow accumulation in the place where he lives is as high as 8 inches. Not only is Starlink still stable, the speed is still quite fast, with almost no impact.
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Foreign users share that Starlink operates stably even when covered with snow
Recently, a foreigner, Gloria D Koch, shared photos of his Starlink satellite receiver , you can see that the background is not only white, but the snow is as high as 8 inches, and there are ice picks around the connected receiver, which shows how cold it is. According to his explanation, although it continues to snow outside, there is no contact. Regardless of any situation where the received signal drops, the network is still very stable:
The picture below shows the speed he tested. The download speed is as high as 303.11Mbps, and the upload speed is 23.78Mbps. More importantly, the ping is not very high, only 38ms. This is really quite satisfying. However, Starlink is currently in the Beta testing stage and there are not that many users. Therefore, after it is officially open to everyone to apply, the speed may be affected:
According to foreign media Wccftech According to the arrangement, Starlink equipment can be used in environments as low as -30 degrees (the maximum temperature is 40 degrees), so it can indeed be used in environments with heavy snow, but the fact that the signal is almost unaffected is quite amazing. But there is one thing It should be noted that if it is an environment with frequent strong winds, the official recommendation is to bring it indoors.
The picture below is the satellite network comparison data compiled by PCMag. At 300Mbps this time, Starlink is ten times faster than its competitors. More than times, this gap is really astonishing. Some people may ask why the average download speed of Starlink is only 79.5Mbps? This was indeed the case in October last year, but as more and more satellites are launched, the coverage is wider, and the speed so far is also A lot of improvements:
Source: wccfetch