News: Recently Starlink has started inviting people from Pakistan to pre-order their service via email. Starlink, the satellite-based internet service, will be launched in Pakistan by 2022.
People signed up for news and announcements from Pakistan received this email from starlink.com:
By clicking on the invitation link we were redirected to the “Order Now” page where we have to input the address. Putting locations that are inside Pakistan redirects the user to a page where they can enter the required details and reserve a place for themselves at the initial price of 99$. These 99 dollars are refundable so don’t worry if you change your mind.
SpaceX’s initiative of global Internet service Starlink has a monthly fee of 99$ and the cost of Starlink dish receiver is 499$.
Starlink Pakistan Coverage
People from Pakistan have already started paying the 99$ fee to order the service because Starlink has stated their policy is first come first serve. Some of the major places where Starlink is currently allowing in Pakistan are:
- Islamabad
- Karachi
- Multan
- Quetta
- Sahiwal
- Mianwali
- Abbottabad
- Attock
- Faisalabad
- Lahore
- Hyderabad
- Peshawar
- Rawalpindi
- Sialkot
The list is very comprehensive, hence, not all the cities are included. You can head to the Starlink website and check the availability of Starlink in your city.
Starlink aims to provide high average speeds around 1Gb/s with latency ranging from 20ms to 40ms. The current average speed of Starlink Internet is around 50Mb/s to 150Mb/s.
Starlink
Starlink users currently see data speeds vary from 50Mb/s to 150Mb/s and latency from 20ms to 40ms in most locations. As we launch more satellites, install more ground stations and improve our networking software, data speed, latency and uptime will improve dramatically.
If you want to check the availability of Starlink in Pakistan you can go to Starlink’s website and place your address.
Elon Musk founder, CEO, CTO, and chief designer of SpaceX said in a tweet that most of the Earth will be covered by the end of this year (2021) and all of the Earth in 2022. He also added that Starlink’s first priority is medium to low population density areas and then densely populated areas.
