{"id":472771,"date":"2022-12-06T09:56:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T07:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=472771"},"modified":"2022-12-06T09:58:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T07:58:49","slug":"starlink-delays-fair-usage-data-caps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/472771-starlink-delays-fair-usage-data-caps.html","title":{"rendered":"Starlink delays fair usage data caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service has delayed a plan to start limiting customers’ connection speeds during peak hours after users hit a certain threshold.<\/p>\n

In early November 2022<\/strong><\/a>, The Verge was the first to report about Starlink adding a fair usage policy (FUP) section to its website.<\/p>\n

The section explained that the service would start throttling speeds if customers consumed over 1TB of data per month during the day and lived in an area with high congestion.<\/p>\n

“To serve the greatest number of people with high-speed internet, we must manage the network to balance Starlink supply with user demand,” the company said.<\/p>\n

The Starlink website initially said the new policy would come into effect sometime during December 2022, but The Verge reported<\/strong><\/a> this has now been pushed back to February 2023.<\/p>\n

The company did not provide a reason for the change, and the fair usage rules seem to have remained the same as in its original policy.<\/p>\n

Starlink divides speeds between Priority and Basic Acces<\/h2>\n

Under the FUP, each Starlink service plan is allocated a certain amount of monthly data with unthrottled “Priority Access” speeds.<\/p>\n

For most Starlink residential users, this speed will apply to the first 1TB consumed between 07:00 and 23:00.<\/p>\n

Outside of these hours, consumption will not count towards Priority Access usage.<\/p>\n

When the user exceeds this limit, their speeds during the peak period are reduced, although Starlink has not specified how significant this throttling would be for residential fixed customers.<\/p>\n

The company said it could result in the degradation or unavailability of certain third-party services or applications.<\/p>\n

“Bandwidth-intensive applications, such as streaming videos, are most likely to be impacted,” Starlink stated.<\/p>\n

Customers have the option to buy additional Priority Access at $0.25 (R4.37, excluding) per GB.<\/p>\n

The tables below outline Starlink’s expected availability, speeds, and latency across all its packages, and provide more detail on its FUP for each of these products.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Big win for SpaceX’s Starlink expansion<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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