North American users of the Starlink satellite internet began to receive messages that the data,
Starting December 2022, subscribersStarlink satellite internet that use more than 1 TB of data per month will see speed reduction during peak hours from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm. Usage during off-peak hours from 11pm to 7am doesn't count, so it looks like a way to coax subscribers into moving their heavy downloads into the night.
In accordance with the new Good Faith PolicyUsing Starlink, users will have the opportunity to restore their priority access at a cost of 25 cents per additional gigabyte, otherwise they will remain without priority on basic access until the end of the month.
Elon Musk's SpaceX continues to expand coverageStarlink in new countries and regions, constantly attracting new commercial customers, as the company received the green light to provide satellite Internet on moving vehicles. These new customers are starting to impact Starlink's internet download speeds, which dropped to 54% year-on-year in the second quarter, while the US average dropped to around 60Mbps.
Before the big influx of subscribers on the websiteStarlink was listed as 350Mbps for the residential sector and is now showing up in more expensive business options. Starlink says that standard customers with fixed internet plans can expect speeds of 20 to 100 Mbps, while for business customers the real expected numbers double to 40 to 220 Mbps.
Some users are suggesting that maintaining two Starlink satellite internet subscriptions will now be cheaper than paying $0.25 per gigabyte once used up 1 TB.
End of Starlink Unlimited Internet Policyeven commented on by Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, who warned that 1TB of data per month would not be enough for his proposed “scaling endgame” earlier this year.
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