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Old 11-04-2020, 10:50 AM   #43
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The public beta for SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet is consistently topping speeds of 150 megabits per second (Mbps), faster than SpaceX promised — and now the biggest technical challenge is making the kit cheaper, CEO Elon Musk said.
Nearly all users who have reported their November speeds on a list compiled by Reddit's Starlink community said they are getting download speeds higher than 150 Mbps. The fastest download speed was 205.82 Mbps, recorded in Bellevue, Washington.
In an email sent October 26, SpaceX said users on the "Better Than Nothing Beta" test could expect speeds of between 50 Mbps and 150 Mbps. A network of nearly 900 satellites is currently beaming the internet service down to Earth.
The Reddit list shows Starlink speeds over the summer, before public beta launched on October 26, dipped as low as 15 Mbps. SpaceX has warned Starlink subscribers that they may experience "brief periods of no connectivity at all" — and users said their internet is indeed cutting out sometimes.

The public beta costs nearly $600 upfront to join: $499 for a tripod, a WiFi router, and a terminal to connect to the Starlink satellites, plus $99 for a monthly subscription.
Reducing the costs of the terminal included in the Starlink kit is SpaceX's "most difficult technical challenge," Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday.
His tweet was in response to someone who had just setup a terminal to connect to the Starlink satellites. The user said it was "really cheap."
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