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Hi everybody. And welcome back to the Elon Musk podcast where we dive deep into the latest developments Innovations. And breakthroughs brought to life by the band, whose reshaping the world. As we know it today, we're talking about spacex's Sterling satellite internet service, the surprising enthusiasm of its users, and the recent Federal Communications commission's approval that could lead to even better internet speeds in the
future. Now SpaceX is Starling satellite internet service has been Making Waves to spike delivering Lower download speeds than traditional fixed Broadband in both urban and rural environments across the u.s., the surprising finding comes from the latest survey by Kukla.
The creators of speed test. Furthermore, the FCC has granted SpaceX, a critical authorization for the starlink satellite internet constellation potentially Paving the way for improved internet speeds for users in North America now. Google is net promoter score the NPS analysis of starlink users reveals a significant disparity between the ratings awarded to spacex's service in those of broadband.
Internet providers. This difference is most striking among Urban starlink users, despite their considerably lower median. Download speeds compared to broadband users. Simultaneously shukla's comprehensive evaluation of American internet speed data, indicates a consistent yearly decline in median, download Beads. However, in a refreshing development, these speeds rose and a quarter to quarter basis the most recent data from Ookla indicates a 24 megabytes per
second annual drop in u.s. median. Download speeds for quarter one but a 13 mb/s Improvement between quarter for 2022 and quarter. One of 2023, when contrast Mexico experienced a staggering 100 megabits per second, annual decrease, While Canada's decline was a mere three megabits per second. Yet the most intriguing aspect of the survey lies, a nucleus MPS analysis of starlink despite lower median speeds than broadband, internet in both urban.
And rural areas, starlink users are considerably more inclined to recommend the service to others, The NPS rate, engages the difference between the services promoters and detractors. Consequently a positive score signifies a higher proportion. Should have promoters while in - scores suggest the opposite the findings reveal that urban and rural starlink users boast NPS scores of 31.9 for and 42.2. 1 respectively, indicating a significant propensity to
endorse the service to others. This enthusiasm becomes even more notable when juxtaposed with a lackluster performance of broadband users whose NPS scores stand at - 23.62 and - 20 1.27 for urban and rural areas respectively. Now remarkably, despite a substantial Gap in medium, download speeds for urban and rural users. These vast differences persist in Urban Star, like users recorded a median download speed of 60 5.29 Mbps. While rural users registered 72.1 a Mbps in percentage terms,
Urban style accusers. Medium speeds were 68 percent lower than Broadband speeds yet, their NPS scores were twice as Hi. In this implies that despite having half the download speeds, Urban starlink users are twice as likely to endorse start link to their friends. Now, for the data analysis, reveals that download speeds are not the sole determinant of user sentiment. And rural areas Broadband, users reported a median. Download speed of 100 point for 1mbps, not significantly higher
than starlings. Yet despite a 30% lower speed, rural starlink Hers or three times more likely to recommend the service. Now, the FCC has now approved spacex's request to increase the transmitted Duty Cycles of its second generation user dishes, after the company submitted data to the commission outlining that doing. So would not violate any radio frequency emissions regulations. Now SpaceX has been investigating ways to make it sterlink, users dishes more potent for quite some time now.
And the firm first filed them, Application with the FCC in June of last year seeking approval to launch new. Starlink satellite dishes. These would feature several upgrades over the predecessor including a high transmission data. Cycle SpaceX is application revealed that the new dishes would have a duty cycle of 14% implying that they would communicate with satellites for
longer. However, their percentage was later reduced to ten point five percent Point due to changes in the commission's, radio frequency calculation, a following the application for the second generation. User dishes SpaceX is SpaceX submitted, another request of the FCC to the, they had to test 200. User dish has a higher Duty Cycles to evaluate the
performance. And eager to advances dishes, SpaceX followed up with another application that December, requesting that, the FCC allow it to permanently increase its duty cycle to 17.5% SpaceX submitted this application, after testing the sterlink, user dishes at the maximum transmit duty cycle of 100%. Or, in other words, a scenario, where they would communicate with the said, lights all the
time. Now, these tests utilize the flat shape of the second generation Sterling dishes and demonstrated that, as opposed to the new rules, which had laid down a maximum duty cycle of 10.5%. The dishes could, in fact, transmit up to Seventeen point five percent of the time. Without exceeding, any radiation
Hazard limits. Now, the FCC approved, the application for the higher duty cycle, which will improve starlings performance in the longer duration of the dishes, Communications period will directly impact, the upload speed for starlink users. This is because the terminals will spend a more extended period communicating with the satellites. However, the overall speed can also improve significantly since the terminals, will be able to make up frequently for information losses between them
and the orbiting spacecraft. Additionally the longer the dishes communicate the faster they established links to newer. Starlink satellites, this will reduce shift over and switch over X and lead to fewer connection. Drops SpaceX has launched more than 4,000 starlink satellites today, it plans to launch tens of thousands more to gain a foothold in the market that will open soon as Amazon's kuyper
subsidiary. Secures a rocket and launch has its own set like a direct competitor to starling. Now, SpaceX is startling satellite, International internet service is on the rise and it's attracted this huge loyal user base despite delivering lower download speeds than traditional fixed Broadband.
In both rural, and urban areas across the u.s. and this recent FCC approval, for increasing, the transmitted data cycles of its second generation user dishes promises to improve internet speeds for users in North America in the future. This development along with this enthusiastic user base, as evidenced by the positive, NPS scores from Shukla survey indicates a promising. Future for starlink as a competes with other satellite internet providers, including
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