Amazon’s Starlink Rival Is Called Leo
November 14th, 2025A few days ago, my (very rural) area in New Zealand became eligible for free hardware on Starlink. That’s extremely tempting…
I’d get the Residential Lite service tier, which deprioritizes traffic in favor of users who pay for the full priced regular service. If you have Starlink’s Residential Lite service, what speeds do you get, peak and off-peak? Ping? Jitter?
Via: PC Magazine:
Project Kuiper started off as a code name for Amazon’s satellite internet ambitions. “We’ve hit some important milestones under that name, but there’s lots more on the horizon, and it seemed like a good time to share our permanent brand for the program,” says VP Rajeev Badyal.
The name is a nod to low-Earth orbit (LEO), where the company’s satellites will reside as they circle the planet. The lower orbit has already enabled SpaceX to deliver satellite internet speeds of 200Mbps and higher to users on the ground, and Amazon plans to do the same, as higher-orbiting geostationary satellites struggle to compete with Starlink.
