The Starlink internet speed will generally vary between 25Mbps and 100Mbps depending on conditions. This is more than enough for general use – downloading stuff, streaming, email. You can pretty much do anything. Still it’s slower than fibre internet.

With 25Mbps speed you can download:

• a 10 song music album in about 16 seconds.
• a high definition movie within 5 minutes.
• a 25 megabytes pdf book in about 8 seconds

Speed tests

Fast.com Starlink test

last updated 5 July 2024

Starlink Advanced Speedtest

last updated 5 July 2024

Starlink speed compared to other Zim internet providers

Note: this is not scientific data. We polled our community via WhatsApp and used the average we got for each provider or, where we got one submission, just used that one. The intention is to just provide a general idea of what you might get when you use that service. If you have ideas of helping us make this more accurate, please news@techzim.co.zw us.

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