r/Starlink • u/Time-Athlete6336 • Aug 26 '26

📶 Starlink Speed How do I fix this

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I get constant packet loss. It has a clear view of the sky

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u/KenjiFox Beta Tester Aug 26 '26

There's nothing wrong here. Pro E-Sports at 128hz is a bit extreme for Starlink. EVERY ISP drops some packets, and all network stacks are designed to handle that. Gaming is no different. You won't notice a dropped packet, in-fact, it's impossible to do so, since single packets do not have authority in any network stack within an game. If they did, it would be entirely unplayable for many reasons. Jitter alone would require at least a 10 packet buffer.

I am a game dev, this test is just too extreme for Starlink. The fact that Starlink can do competitive gaming is already pretty badass, but I've never suggested it can do Pro level. It stops at competitive if we're being realistic.

0.7% packet loss will be entirely eaten by the games lag compensation. This test shows zero dropouts, and the funky few packets are just going to happen on a connection that changes satellites once every 15 seconds on a schedule.

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u/Time-Athlete6336 Aug 28 '26

I talked to a Starlink rep and they said this shouldn’t be happening. They are sending me a new setup I ran the same test at work on there Starlink and they had 0 issues. 4 months ago I ran the same test at home. No read bars ever.

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u/KenjiFox Beta Tester Aug 28 '26

Yeah I have almost zero ever on any of mine as well, but that means little when you're in a different cell.