Starlink seems to be impacted by obstructions but can still function and this would impact Ookla's numbers significantly. I don't think it falls on SpaceX to go trim the tree that is impacting a customer's speed. The silliest part to me is that Ookla is ignoring latency -- it's not mentioned in the article at all. Other satellite providers are literally >600ms while Starlink is <100ms.
gamblor956|3 years ago
This is the issue in a nutshell: Starlink agreed to meet a specific threshold in exchange for government funds, and these tests suggest that Starlink will have difficulty accomplishing this if they can't manage to do it when their network isn't saturated.
invisible|3 years ago
This piece from Ookla is claiming that Starlink isn’t hitting those numbers based on data from Ookla, not SpaceX.