Ookla: Starlink Now Faster in One-Third of European Markets
Where governments are still waiting to deliver fiber, satellite broadband is stepping in.
Where governments are still waiting to deliver fiber, satellite broadband is stepping in.
May 26, 2026 – Satellite internet speeds across Europe jumped 45 percent in a single year, new data published Monday by internet measurement company Ookla shows.
In 11 of the 27 countries measured, SpaceX’s Starlink outperformed the fixed line average on download speed; however, fixed networks had lower latency in every market and stronger upload performance in 26.
Starlink recorded a median download speed of 165.71 Megabits per second (Mbps) across all 27 measured European countries in the first quarter of 2026, up from 114.05 Mbps in the same period a year earlier. Speeds rose in 26 of those 27 markets.
He argues that current timelines may be 'a little ambitious.'
The state is opening a new round of bidding for 12 percent of its BEAD locations. SpaceX did sign a contract with the state.
State officials did not identify the ISPs that walked away as the Nebraska Broadband Office now attempts to find new service providers to connect nearly 1,700 locations
The call came in a sweeping manifesto, 'Magnifica Humanitas,' about safeguarding humankind on everything from work to war.