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Starlink News 3 June 2025 - 16 June 2025

2025 Satellite Internet Showdown: Starlink vs Viasat vs HughesNet vs OneWeb & More

2025 Satellite Internet Showdown: Starlink vs Viasat vs HughesNet vs OneWeb & More

Starlink (SpaceX) is a LEO constellation (~4,500 satellites) delivering residential speeds ~100–250 Mbps down / 10–20 Mbps up, business up to ~350–400 Mbps, with a median latency ~45 ms in Q1 2025 and no hard data caps, employing a Fair Use Policy that deprioritizes after 1 TB. HughesNet Jupiter-3 (GEO) upgrade in 2024–25 offers 50–100 Mbps down (about 3 Mbps…
16 June 2025
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Fiber vs 5G vs Starlink: The Shocking Truth About Internet Speeds, Latency and Costs Worldwide

Fiber vs 5G vs Starlink: The Shocking Truth About Internet Speeds, Latency and Costs Worldwide

Fiber-optic broadband delivers 100–1000+ Mbps download and upload with latency around 5–20 ms, but availability is limited to about 25–40% of U.S. households and roughly 70% of OECD regions. Cable broadband offers 25–500 Mbps down and 5–50 Mbps up with 15–30 ms latency, is widespread in cities, and can reach up to 1 Gbps downstream with DOCSIS 3.1, while DOCSIS…
16 June 2025
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State of Internet Access in Jordan: From Fiber Optics to Starlink

State of Internet Access in Jordan: From Fiber Optics to Starlink

As of Q4 2024, Jordan had about 812,000 fixed broadband subscriptions, with fiber representing roughly 73% (about 591,000) of fixed lines and total fixed broadband at 33.4% household penetration. Mobile broadband reached 8.0 million subscriptions in Q4 2024, with 4G LTE coverage exceeding 90% of the population and 5G launched commercially in 2023, tallying 112,900 5G subscriptions by end-2024. SpaceX…
14 June 2025
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Broadband Blackouts & Starlink Smugglers: Inside Venezuela’s Fight for Internet Access

Broadband Blackouts & Starlink Smugglers: Inside Venezuela’s Fight for Internet Access

CANTV, the state-owned fixed broadband incumbent, dominated traditional internet with about 56% market share as of late 2022, while its aging ADSL copper network remained slow and repair backlogs persisted. From August 2020 to August 2023, Venezuela jumped 50 places in Speedtest’s global broadband index, rising from an average 6.15 Mbps to 29.5 Mbps. By mid-2024, Speedtest reported a median…
14 June 2025
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Mobile & Portable Satellite Internet in 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Starlink Roam, HughesNet, Inmarsat, Viasat & More

Mobile & Portable Satellite Internet in 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Starlink Roam, HughesNet, Inmarsat, Viasat & More

Starlink Roam hardware costs $599, with Regional plans at $150 per month and Global plans at $200 per month, offering unlimited data and high speeds. As of May 2025, SpaceX’s Starlink LEO constellation includes over 7,600 satellites and provides coverage in more than 100 countries. Starlink Roam typical real‑world performance ranges from 50–150 Mbps download and 5–20 Mbps upload, with…
13 June 2025
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Dominican Republic’s Digital Revolution: Fiber, 5G and Starlink Are Connecting Every Corner of Paradise

Dominican Republic’s Digital Revolution: Fiber, 5G and Starlink Are Connecting Every Corner of Paradise

Historical Development Current State of Internet Infrastructure Dominican Republic internet penetration is high (~89% in 2024 Datareportal), driven mostly by mobile broadband. As of mid-2023 there were 8.94 million mobile‑broadband subscriptions (about 73% of the population) versus only ~1.09 million fixed‑broadband lines (≈9%) Trade. Fixed broadband is available via fiber, cable and DSL in urban/suburban areas, while 4G/LTE mobile covers ~98% of…
10 June 2025
Starlink Global Coverage and Availability Report

Starlink Global Coverage and Availability Report

As of mid-2025, Starlink is available in over 110 countries and territories. In the United States, Starlink began with limited trials in August 2020 and the public beta “Better Than Nothing Beta” in November 2020, and now has nationwide commercial coverage including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with over 2.5 million subscribers as of early 2025. Canada went…
7 June 2025
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Starlink Satellite Internet FAQ

Starlink Satellite Internet FAQ

Starlink is SpaceX’s satellite-based broadband internet service, and by 2025 the constellation has launched over 7,500 satellites with about 6,750 active in orbit. The satellites orbit in low Earth orbit at roughly 550 km altitude, delivering typical download speeds of 50–200+ Mbps and latency around 20–40 ms. SpaceX began launching Starlink in 2019, and by early 2025 it served more…
7 June 2025
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Battle for the Final Frontier: Starlink vs OneWeb vs Kuiper vs Telesat Lightspeed

Battle for the Final Frontier: Starlink vs OneWeb vs Kuiper vs Telesat Lightspeed

Starlink has launched over 8,000 satellites since 2019, serves 125 countries, and by April 2025 reached the 250th dedicated Starlink launch, establishing SpaceX’s network as the largest in orbit. OneWeb, founded in 2014, began Gen1 launches in 2019 with 618 of 648 satellites deployed by March 2023, filed for Chapter 11 in 2020, was rescued by a UK/India $1 billion…
3 June 2025
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Why Starlink Keeps Hitting Red Tape Around the World

Why Starlink Keeps Hitting Red Tape Around the World

In May 2023 the U.S. FCC sided with Starlink over proposed uses of the 12.2–12.7 GHz band, preserving it for satellite services and preventing two-way 5G interference. In August 2022 the FCC denied Starlink’s $885 million Rural Digital Opportunity Fund subsidy due to performance concerns and high equipment costs, including a roughly $600 dish. By late 2024 Starlink had deployed…
3 June 2025
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No Signal? No Problem – Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell Satellites Are Eliminating Dead Zones

No Signal? No Problem – Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell Satellites Are Eliminating Dead Zones

August 2022: SpaceX and T-Mobile announced a partnership to provide direct-to-cell connectivity via Starlink satellites, with texting expected in 2023–24 and voice/data thereafter. January 2024: SpaceX achieved the first SMS directly via satellite, enabling a two-way text conversation between ordinary smartphones relayed entirely through space after the first batch of D2C-equipped satellites launched. Gen2 Starlink satellites carry the Direct-to-Cell payload,…
3 June 2025
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Starlink’s Sky Grab: How SpaceX Is Quietly Rewiring the Global Internet Game

Starlink’s Sky Grab: How SpaceX Is Quietly Rewiring the Global Internet Game

Starlink launched its first batch of 60 satellites in 2019, and by late 2024 the constellation numbered nearly 7,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit. In 2022 Starlink introduced laser inter-satellite links, enabling data to hop between satellites and extending coverage to oceans, polar regions, and remote locales. By mid-2023 Starlink declared global coverage aside from regulatory holdouts, with service reaching Arctic…
3 June 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Cotton Futures Decline as Dollar Weakens and Crude Oil Rises on Friday
    January 20, 2026, 9:19 AM EST. Cotton futures fell between 4 and 32 points on Friday, with December contracts down 80 points week-on-week. The dollar index dropped 91 points, helping ease pressure on cotton prices, while crude oil futures rose 97 cents per barrel, offering some market support. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission data showed speculative traders reduced net short positions by 12,969 contracts to 17,549 as of Tuesday. Online cash cotton sales averaged 67.83 cents per pound, slightly below the Cotlook A Index, down 90 points to 84.90 cents per pound. The USDA's Adjusted World Price increased by 223 points to 61.06 cents per pound. December 2024 cotton closed at 72.72 cents, down 30 points, reflecting modest market volatility amid mixed signals.
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