The first Measuring Broadband New Zealand report to
include low earth orbit satellite alternatives shows the
technology outperforms fixed wireless by a large margin.
Tests show New Zealand customers on the Starlink
LEO get average peak hour downloads of more than 120 Mbps.
The average equivalent speed on the 4G fixed wireless
network is 25 Mbps. Starlink is almost five times as fast.
Starlink compares even better with copper-based
ADSL broadband which averages 9 Mbps. Rural customers who
can get VDSL see average peak download speeds of 33 Mbps.
To put this in perspective, an everyday fibre
connection downloads at 300 Mbps.
Measuring
Broadband New Zealand reports are prepared by UK-based
SamKnows on behalf of the Commerce Commission.
For
now, SamKnows has fewer of its white box probes…
