Founded by the famous American entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk, SpaceX announced that its Starlink satellite internet service has reached 1 million active subscribers. The following statement was made in the announcement made via Twitter:“Starlink currently has over 1 million active subscribers – thank you to all Starlink customers and team members who contributed to this milestone.”
While this is a positive development from a marketing standpoint, it is not very encouraging news for existing users. According to Ookla’s research, Starlink’s average download speed has started to decline in all countries since the second quarter of 2021.
Fair use quota introduced
The 9% to 54% drop in speed is due to the Starlink infrastructure not being able to cope with its growing user base. To address this issue, the company announced that it will begin limiting internet speeds for customers consuming more than 1TB of data per month from December.
The situation is expected to change for the better after the recent launch of several satellites. According to analysts, if Starlink continues at this rate, it will take only a few months to become the world’s largest satellite internet provider, overtaking the market leader HughesNet with approximately 1.2 million subscribers.
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