Starlink added 1TB monthly soft cap for its residential users

By: Sohail Akhter Image Credit: Google

SpaceX's Starkink Internet includes unlimited bandwidth.

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This is for those users who use more than 1TB of data in a month.

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On Friday, Starlink sent a "Fair Use" policy email to users in the US and Canada.

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This email was described how users will be able to start “Priority Access” every month.

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The company is also starting the service of data usage monitoring through user account pages.

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Through this, users will be able to find out how much data they have used.

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According to Ookla's research, it has been found that the internet media speed of Starlink is now less than before.

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