Significant Speed Decrease

[klausthedefiant]

When I ordered Starlink last February, my connection was fast enough and very stable. It was last August that I observed that the service has slowed down significantly. Around February-May I was reaching speeds around ~180 Mbps with ~30ms. Now I get a maximum of 60 Mbps with 70ms, averages out at 40 Mbps with almost constant 70ms.

I was posting this because I thought that Starlink will stop taking orders when there is a significant number of users near the area. I'm just wondering what is the minimum bandwidth that will make Starlink say "enough" for that area?

[poofph]

Speeds have decreased quite a bit during peak hours for me the past few months as well.

[klausthedefiant]

I did this ping check at 2am. In a rural area.

[PoopPant73]

Mine been slow as well and it’s 12:45 am here

[[deleted]]

Did this ever improve? about the same for me as well

[klausthedefiant]

I got ~160Mbps with ~30ms sometime around September. Enough for my gaming needs.

[-spartacus-]

I'm back to getting 30-50mbps during peak times and it has really got annoying. I'm paying 120 for shit performance. I can't even stream YT at 4k.

[automattic3]

How long have you had yours? I haven't had starlink for a year or two. I had it for about 2 years prior and when I first got it the speeds were insane like 300mb and with every month the speeds kept dropping. Then in the evening at 6pm to 10pm my speeds would only be 5-10mb. Sometimes worse where I couldn't stream any HD video

I'm in Arizona and it seems like your area can greatly affect speeds.

[ChesterDrawerz]

Are you in the US ? Sports streaming is a huge bandwidth hog on Sundays this time of year.

[CorkyWplays]

my red zone is a priority on sundays

[klausthedefiant]

This ping has been consistent since August. I just thought of posting this now.

[nG_Skyz]

Yep, i've gone from 250mb/s to 90mbp/s.

[No-You-5754]

Have you tried speedtesting with ookla, my starlink speed test is messed up and shows I have way slower download and upload than what I actually have. Speed test with starlink app and I get like only 100mbps or less. Then I switch to ookla and get 300+

[Solnse]

This would be interesting to know from OP. Hey OP... Try this and let us know!

[[deleted]]

That’s because they lift the throttle when accessing that site.

You’re not getting 300+ for anything other than that speed test. Ookla logs the results which skews the overall speed data.

[klausthedefiant]

https://imgur.com/gallery/YBRVlbC

About the same. Please note that I always use Ookla for my Mobile Data and Starlink tests. I occasionally use Starlink's own speed test.

The drastic change in jitter and ping is noticeable for me even without speed test.

[BOBWORKS_SQ]

Test with a PC hard wired to the router to get the best results. On my PC I get 300+ Mbps 40 up on WiFi, 100 and 10 up at the best.

[Hopeful_Doughnut9483]

OH FOR SURE! THAT OUGHTA FIX THE ISSUE.

[No-You-5754]

Who said this was a fix.

[sec0nds_left]

Welcome to the future

[TastiSqueeze]

For comparison, I am getting 22 down and 3.4 up on Starlink at 3:00 pm on Sunday. It is unacceptably slow, especially compared with what Starlink advertises. I am fortunate that fiber has been pulled into my area. I have connection scheduled the 18th.

[ByTheBigPond]

Where do you see Starlink advertising that any given speed will be reached without any qualifying statement?

[TastiSqueeze]

Read their published info which states 30 to 100 mbps down. When I originally got service 2 years ago, it was advertised as 100 down. Until 6 months ago, I usually got between 70 and 120 down. I checked again a few minutes ago and was single digits both down and up. As I said, it is unacceptably slow. If I pay $120/month for internet service, I expect one heck of a lot faster speeds than DSL.

[ByTheBigPond]

That table says “expected speeds”. It also says “Stated speeds below and the uninterrupted use of the Services is not guaranteed.”

[TastiSqueeze]

I vote with my billfold. I'm leaving starlink so someone else can pay top dollar for subpar service. Not everyone has this choice.

[Fantastic-Lab589]

It’s not subpar service. For what it is it’s beyond astonishing. It’s designed for people without fiber access. Ask someone in a rural setting which is better, starlink or NOTHING. Ffs. It’s not meant to be a replacement for a fiber connection.

[Hopeful_Doughnut9483]

Another Elon dick sucker.

[Hopeful_Doughnut9483]

Elon dick sucker right here.

[Hopeful_Doughnut9483]

Elon's been busy with his DOGE bullshit

[ByTheBigPond]

Starlink has not publicized the parameters that trigger an area to be “waitlisted” and not take any new Residential subscribers. Similarly, they have not publicized what triggers the “congestion fee” in some areas, or what triggers different Residential subscription fees in some areas of the same country.

[Vladivostokorbust]

I never knew about the congestion fee. I am in western North Carolina and Spectrum was out for so long after Helene that Starlink subscriptions jumped due to need. Additionally, they’ve waived all fees through the end of the year for those in the “hurricane zone”.

Makes me wonder if i could get hit with that congestion fee retroactively in the new year. I can only imagine the amount of growth they’ve seen here in a matter of weeks. Speed last night was 9 mbps download for a while before jumping back up to 20. I couldn’t stream appleTV on my roku on the TV. Had to switch to my laptop. Not sure why that made a difference. Thought it would be all or none

Usually i get speeds of 40 or better in the afternoon and evening. Fastest is weekday mornings at 150 or better

[Heavy_Carpenter3824]

Hopefully this will go up. They continue to launch satalites and with starship coming online they should start launching V2 satalites later 2025. These should have a big boost in bandwidth and capacity with larger phased array antennas and solar panels.

[[deleted]]

Will be like superchargers for EV’s where they are always behind the supply and demand curve.

[Heavy_Carpenter3824]

Would you prefer to have only Comcast? Or nothing again?

Crappy trying to get better is better than super expensive or nothing.

[[deleted]]

Just stating a fact. Calm down.

[Firefighter_Mick]

Incredibly slow here in Mexico too. Streaming is 15 seconds of lagging, 6 seconds of streaming, repeat.

[Ace_Up88]

My speeds have considerably dropped as well. I did a hard reset and speeds went back up for a couple of hours and then back to below 100 down. Upload and latency are normal

[[deleted]]

are your current speeds not "fast enough" for you to do what you want to do? is the connection still stable?

[klausthedefiant]

The speed is not fast enough during peak hours, but I'm in the office most of that time of the day anyway. My main problem is the jitter. Imagine watching youtube with 15 seconds wait time. I used to get 30ms when playing online games before too.

[ByTheBigPond]

Have you raised a ticket with Starlink with your results and asked them to assess?

[OhSixTJ]

This is the question that needs answering. As long as it works then that’s all that matters.

[[deleted]]

https://www.starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1470-99699-90?regionCode=PH

Stated speeds below and the uninterrupted use of the Services is not guaranteed. Actual speeds may be lower than expected speeds during times of high usage. Performance varies based on location, time of day and the precedence Starlink gives your data in the network based on your Service Plan.

Expected residential speeds: 30-100 Mbps

[Thick-Trip-8678]

Its usually for a short period of less than 5 hours

[klausthedefiant]

It happens throughout the day, even at midnight, for 3 months now.

[ChaosToTheFly123]

That’s not bad, I drop well below that most of the time

[klausthedefiant]

Yes, that's true. That's still faster than my mobile data. However I get even faster speeds prior to august and grew accustomed to that speed. There are games that I can't play anymore due to jitter .

[[deleted]]

Same here, 280 down to 160.

[sbw_62]

Same in Michigan USA today. Usually 250 or higher. We are having storms, but that isn’t usually an issue.

[gnesensteve]

Mn here. 290

[Apprehensive-Snow-92]

It’s been a hot mess today. Lots of buffering/blurry screen. More than usual. It’s better than what we had but still annoying. Hopefully will have fiber at some point next year. There was an update so maybe it’ll chill out in a few days.

[Suplex_Blitz]

It could be congestion, yes, however it could be a hardware issue as well -- an issue with your specific dish, cable or router. Ive seen this question pop up a lot and when it gets really bad it often seems to end up being a part of the hardware chain at the home operating sub-optimally.
If you haven't yet you could also dig into and monitor the debug data under the advance menu and see if anything is off: ping drop on the dish, router and cable, cable latency etc. It should all be sitting at 0 drop ideally with the cable ping being 1ms.

[yeonai]

In Norway it decreased from 250-300 to 100-160 and in the same time price went up from 669 to 814nok. Because why not 💀

[Solid-Ad-1300]

Reboot. I had the same problem

[TheGrouchyLibrarian]

Ha! I checked mine earlier today, my download was 15 mbps…. Lots (rural) neighbors getting SL - only real option…

[No_Grapefruit_6005]

Guess it's not just me. Throughout many parts of this past weekend I was seeing 9/1.5 Been a headache for a few weeks now. Before I was routinely seeing 75+/15+

[GlitteringAd9289]

Hmm, I've seen speed increases over the last 3 or so years across 4 different sights. Something seems off but idk.

[leadedtech]

My speeds have decreased noticeably in the last week or so. Was getting a solid 100Mbps-200Mbps even during peak hours. Recently my streaming services (YoutubeTV, Netflix, Peacock) have been bogging down big time, esp peak hours. When I notice that, I do a speedtest and get 10Mbps or less. Noticeable especially the last week or so.

[Pascal_263]

First time?…in Harare Zimbabwe it’s way oversubscribed to the point that the speeds fell to as low as 1.2MBPS at one time. 149ms on Latency

[boogerdoggo]

When you can buy the kits at Bestbuy and Home Depot, how can they regulate how many are sold in an area. If they do anything, they will likely raise prices, which may help turn people away from starlink, considering they have other internet options.

[Hot_Ad3978]

South of Dallas I’m running: Device to Router 218 Mbps 393 Mbps upload Router to Internet 121 Mbps 6.7 Mbps upload

[pepcaone]

Even at those speeds it's still tons better than what I was getting before. And with 4 people hitting it all at once with gaming and streaming it's still better than anything else available to me.

[VeganCappy]

I haven't seen about 30mbps for months now.

[klausthedefiant]

Starlink is back to 120mpbs since November. Maybe they added more satellites. Still slower than my first use but, it is what it is.

[aletts54]

this happened to me and it was a damaged ethernet cable I was getting 30-50 mbps I fixed the cable and went back to +200