Amazon’s Starlink Competitor Is Launching With ‘world’s Fastest Satellite Internet Antenna’

On Monday, Amazon announced Leo Ultra, nan first antenna for its outer net service, which is launching successful a backstage preview up of a commercialized rollout sometime adjacent year. Leo Ultra is made for “business and authorities customers,” dissimilar nan different two, smaller Leo antenna options. No pricing aliases readiness specifications person been announced, but this gives america our first bully look astatine nan 20-by-30-inch creation and specs of nan caller antenna. 

Amazon claims Leo Ultra is “the fastest customer terminal successful production,” offering up to 1Gbps downloads and 400Mbps uploads simultaneously, on pinch backstage networking services and nonstop connections to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and different unreality networks. A smaller 11-inch Pro antenna will support up to 400 Mbps down, while nan 7-inch-square Nano will beryllium capable to grip up to 100Mbps.

For comparison, Starlink’s business plans support up to 400Mbps downloads, little than half of nan maximum Amazon is advertising, though SpaceX’s upcoming V3 Starlink satellite will reportedly support up to 1Tbps. 

Additional bandwidth aside, nan backstage networking services connected Amazon Leo could beryllium different awesome advantage complete older, pre-Starlink outer net networks presently successful use. Researchers astatine UC San Diego and nan University of Maryland precocious reported spotting superior information vulnerabilities pinch unencrypted GEO outer links, allowing them to entree VoIP calls, SMS messages, login credentials, firm emails, and different information being sent successful nan clear.