Starlink vs Fiber: Real Speed Test Data

Download Speed: Starlink V3 avg 217 Mbps | Fiber avg 891 Mbps. Fiber wins by 4.1×.

Upload Speed: Starlink avg 19 Mbps | Fiber avg 867 Mbps. Fiber wins by 45×. Upload is Starlink's weakness.

Ping (Latency): Starlink avg 38ms | Fiber avg 8ms. Fiber wins by 4.75×. Starlink too slow for competitive gaming.

Reliability: Starlink has weather and obstruction outages. Fiber has near-zero downtime in normal conditions.

Where Starlink WINS: rural or remote locations with zero fiber access. It replaces nothing and beats nothing in cities.

Data from DCSpeedTest users tagged as Starlink or Fiber. 90-day aggregate, Q4 2025 – Q1 2026.

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