Amazon's satellite internet service topped 400Mbps in a test with the US military.
The test used Amazon's Leo Pro dish, hardware for connecting to Leo, the company's low-earth-orbit satellite network and a direct competitor to SpaceX's Starlink. Peak download speeds topped 400Mbps during the test, according to a new report. The report did not detail test duration, conditions, or number of connected devices. Amazon has not released additional data beyond that single figure.
Starlink has built credibility partly through years of real-world government and military testing, so a credible benchmark with the US military gives Leo a comparable data point as it scales up its own constellation. It's the kind of result Amazon can point to while its network is still young and its retail rollout remains limited.
One peak-speed number from a single test isn't a service-level guarantee, and Amazon hasn't said how it holds up outside a demo.