"Though Starlink's market and capacity have grown sharply over the last year, the satellite broadband company's median speeds still fall short of the 100/20 Mbps benchmark established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2024, according to a new report from Ookla. The report - "2025 Global Satellite Broadband Performance Report" - was released yesterday. The report marked improvements in Starlink's cumulative network capacity, which has nearly doubled in the past year."
"Starlink's speeds are close to the benchmark, and in October Starlink Vice President of Engineering Michael Nicolls claimed the network had made significant speed increases in 2025: "Typical download speeds are over 200 Mbps, typical upload speeds are over 30 Mbps, and median global latency is around 26 ms." Nicolls claimed that Starlink's median speeds are nearly double the speeds found by Ookla. Even if Nicolls' claim referred to global median speeds, the Ookla report found that the highest median download speeds from Starlink were in Latvia (187.3 Mbps), Northern Mariana Islands (186.15 Mbps), and New Zealand (185.37 Mbps), all of which fall below the 200 Mbps claimed by Nicolls."
Starlink's market share and cumulative network capacity nearly doubled over the past year while accounting for 97.1% of global satellite Speedtest samples in Q3 2025 and 22.5% of U.S. samples. Ookla measured Starlink's 2025 median U.S. download speed at 117.74 Mbps and median upload speed at 16.91 Mbps, exceeding the FCC 100 Mbps download benchmark but falling short of the 20 Mbps upload standard. Starlink's vice president reported typical download speeds over 200 Mbps, typical uploads over 30 Mbps, and median global latency around 26 ms, yet national median download highs remained under 200 Mbps. SpaceX recently sent a rider to state broadband offices.
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