In America, with the start of the first batch of experiments to broadcast the satellite Internet via the Starlink network from SpaceX, many users began to share pictures of the equipment that they received during the trial period in addition to the initial results of the Internet speed tests via the satellite network consisting of 900 satellites so far And indeed, Starlink Beta users have begun to share their experiences about the service, all confirming that the new service provides unexpected broadband speeds from the Internet even in remote areas, one of the users who, by the way, will convey his experience in detail through this article and is called Wandering-coder on Reddit platform, he brought Starlink equipment and a portable power supply to a national forest in Idaho, USA, which is a remote area that does not support local mobile networks in the region, such as T-Mobile and US Cellular, where during the experiment the message “No Coverage” appears, as he put it, And he installed SpiceX’s communication devices and was amazed at the Internet connection speed, which reached 120 Mbps, and he tweeted, “starlink is working fine.” I did a live video call and some other tests, and there was no problem of interruption or fluctuation of the call, even my power supply was 300 watts at the maximum and only about 116 watts were drained during activity, Starlink succeeded in that in a place that does not support cellular networks .
Wandering-coder used the Starlink connection in the woods to create this post on Reddit, uploaded a series of photos of his experience through the Imgur platform, placed the user’s dish for the service on an empty space in a relatively open part of the forest, and tested the internet speed that had reached a normal 120 Mbps As mentioned, the download indicator reached a rate of 12 megabits per second with a latency of 37 milliseconds, which I believe is the worst results obtained due to the fact that the place is surrounded by more dense forests and it is known that Starlink needs a clear line of sight for the SpaceX satellites, and he wrote: “It didn’t work out well with dense trees directly in the line of sight of the dish, where I was only connected for 5 seconds and every time I had to reconnect this clear view of the sky as necessary as possible to contact Starlink without any problems.”
Wandering-coder writes: “Everything is made of high quality, which is much better than I ever imagined, and because the cell phone costs me up to $ 1000 every month, I am totally amazed that I have a device with these features for 500.” Approximately $ 99, so I am positively biased toward this service.
Wandering-coder says he got download speeds of 135 Mbps, and uploads 25 Mbps, when the dish was pointed at a location that fits the service’s coordinates, and he also wrote that he tested the service in inappropriate conditions of bad weather and an inappropriate location, and Even in this scenario, the download speed reached a limit of 46 Mbps with a download speed of 15 Mbps, and a latency of 41 ms.
