{"id":317,"date":"2022-11-05T18:32:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T18:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=317"},"modified":"2022-11-05T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T18:32:27","slug":"starlink-data-cap-throttling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Starlink may slow down users if they use too much data"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elon Musk\u2019s satellite internet company is about to start slowing some users down.<\/p>\n

According to Starlink\u2019s (the internet division of SpaceX) new fair use policy<\/u><\/a>, folks who use Starlink for home internet may now experience throttling if they use too much internet during a monthly billing cycle. If you don\u2019t know, throttling is the practice of deliberately slowing down someone\u2019s internet speed to the benefit of the overall network\u2019s performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Specifically, users who use more than 1TB of data cumulatively between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. during a month will be throttled. They can spend $0.25 per GB of data if they want to continue getting higher speeds before the next billing cycle starts, but otherwise, it\u2019ll be a one-way trip to slowdown town for them. Starlink says less than 10 percent of current users exceed 1TB per month, according to The Verge<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Still, it\u2019s not impossible to imagine using more than 1TB of data in a month if you live a certain lifestyle. Gamers, in particular, regularly have to deal with game and patch downloads that can reach or even exceed 100GB. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II<\/em>, for example, is about a 100GB download on its own. In other words, it\u2019s probably a good idea to hold off on any big downloads until after 11 p.m.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a horribly uncommon practice in the world of ISPs. Some providers<\/u><\/a> have monthly data caps under certain plans, like AT&T. Depending on the provider, you may get throttled or you may simply get charged an overage fee for any data used after you surpass the cap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Starlink grows, it\u2019s naturally going to hit some of the same speed bumps that other ISPs hit. A recent report<\/u><\/a> from September found that median Starlink speeds had dropped in several countries, possibly as a result of network congestion after the service had become more popular. Now, Starlink is slowing people down on purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Such is life with new, experimental technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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