Elon Musk’s Star Link to Slow Internet Speed, Introduces Daytime Data Limit with 1TB Fair Use Policy
Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite Internet arm, led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who recently acquired Twitter, is about to start slowing down some users. The satellite Internet service provider has announced a new fair use policy for Starlink registered users to connect to the home Internet. Customers who go over their monthly limit can now experience speed drops if they use too much data during their monthly billing cycle. Throttling is the deliberate act of slowing someone’s Internet speed for the sake of the overall performance of the network.
Users who use more than 1TB of data in a month between 7am and 11pm will be restricted. If customers want to continue getting faster speeds before the next billing cycle starts, they can pay $0.25 (about Rs 20) for 1GB of data or it will be a one-way journey to town slows down, according to company update fair use policy.
For individuals who live a certain lifestyle, it is not difficult to imagine using more than 1TB of data in a month. In particular, gamers have to regularly deal with game and patch downloads that can reach or even exceed 100GB. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIfor example, is its own 100GB download, according to report by Mashable. Meanwhile, The Verge report less than 10% available Starlink subscribers exceed 1TB per month.
Earlier this month, Reuters report which one of the deputy prime ministers of Ukraine said the country believes in Elon Musk to continue to provide Internet access through SpaceX The rocket company’s Starlink satellite system, although wobbled last month, is also looking for additional suppliers.
Mykhailo Fedorov, who is in Portugal for Europe’s biggest tech conference, the Lisbon Web Summit, said Ukraine had discussed Starlink directly with Musk and was confident that the Tesla and Twitter boss would not close service door in Ukraine.
Mr. Federov, who runs Ukraine’s digital converter, spoke at a press conference in response to a question about the service from Reuters.