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Starlink, the satellite internet service SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, is having a sale: its satellite internet access service, which began operating in Argentina in March of this year, is being offered at a discount until the end of August in Argentina.
Using Starlink has a double cost: on the one hand, you have to pay for the antenna (one-time) that connects our devices with the network of low-orbit satellites that fly through the sky at all hours; on the other hand, we must pay every month to have access to the servicewhich allows you to connect to the Internet from almost any point on the planet, making it very useful in areas where traditional wired fiber, coaxial or copper connections do not reach.
In the case of Starlink, in Argentina the antenna (which can be installed by the user himself and does not require the services of a technician) has a usual price of 499,999 pesos, but it is on sale until August 31 at a promotional price of 249,999 pesos. Likewise, the monthly subscription, which usually costs 62,500 pesos, Now it is available for 56,100 pesos per month (the amount seems to remain fixed, for now).
Starlink It works from a “constellation” of satellitesowned by the company, which orbit at a height of 550 kilometers, almost 35,000 kilometers less than those of other services. Satellite Internetaccording to the official website of SpaceX. Because satellites Starlink are in low orbit, latency, the time it takes for data to travel from the user to the satellite and vice versa, it is significantly lower: around 25 milliseconds instead of more than 600 milliseconds on average.
In rural areas, carry broadband with traditional services It is expensive, so the American tycoon’s company is an option. Since SpaceX They boast of being “the only operator of satellites with the ability to launch its own satellites as needed.” Because of this, they assure that the company’s technology is constantly updated “with frequent and low-cost launches.”
In April, According to the Ookla firm (which has Speedtest, one of the services to know what speed of internet access we have), the average connection in Argentina Last April it was 84.2 Mbps download, 36.5 Mbps upload and 12 ms latency (with Buenos Aires and La Plata above those figures). In comparison, and According to Starlink itself, the bandwidth available for a standard satellite connection ranges from 25 to 100 Mbps, and reaches 220 Mbps (download) for a priority type connection.
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