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Starlink's rocket speeds hit a 50 megabit wall for large downloads

It told us:"A provider is required to explain key information about the speed of the service and its approach to managing internet traffic in your contract. It must also publish this information."

The contract must also set out how the provider's traffic management policy could affect the quality of the internet access service and user privacy, and how any data caps, speed, and other quality of service measures could affect its internet access service.These state that a provider"must not block access to, slow down , or discriminate in other ways between internet traffic on its network, unless it is necessary to do so for legal, security or emergency reasons.

If the disgruntled customers on Reddit are right, it could be argued that Starlink is discriminating against traffic involving large downloads, and that it has not been absolutely clear to subscribers about its traffic management policies.

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