For context, I live in a rural area where my only options are satellite internet. With that being said, my spouse and I currently do not have internet and use our AT&T phone hotspot to watch shows and even game online. It’s worked well thus far but it’s not the most viable option for long term use as we pay astronomical amounts on our phone bill for about 120gb of combined hotspot. I’ve been researching Starlink for a while and seem to come across mixed reviews when it comes to the capabilities of gaming. I can currently use my hotspot and average anywhere from 60-90ms ping on Modern Warfare 3 but sometimes during high use times or storms, it will skyrocket making any online gaming virtually impossible. I also have to lug my PS5 or Xbox X to a friend or family members house just to download/update games. Before I commit to purchasing Starlink, I wanted to see if I could get a good grasp of what everyone experiences when trying to game online or if Starlink is a good option for downloading/uploading games. Currently on Starlink’s map it shows that my area would have around 48-112mbps download speed, 12-22mbps upload speed, and latency of 31-39ms. I’m just looking for you guys experience or if you think based off the information on their map if this will be a good option. Thank you in advance!
I play online games on both my PS5 and my PC while my wife is watching streaming TV using Starlink.
30 days trial
oll money back
if not works good
test location with app first
Kerr said:
30 days trial
oll money back
if not works good
test location with app first
Wait can you test location before you get it or only while you have it?
Kerr said:
30 days trial
oll money back
if not works good
test location with app first
Wait can you test location before you get it or only while you have it?
before
via app
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Thank you! I know there are similar discussions in the thread but the reason I made the post was because there have been several mixed reviews and have seen some saying gaming has sucked recently. I appreciate your comment 
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Thank you! I know there are similar discussions in the thread but the reason I made the post was because there have been several mixed reviews and have seen some saying gaming has sucked recently. I appreciate your comment
I live in Michigan, my downlink is in Chicago, which is on the other side of Michigan from me. My ping to google is 25ms on average. I can get an A+ on my bufferbloat test during off-peak times, and a b+ almost all other times. I’d say it’s way better than cellular and the WISP I cancelled to move to starlink for.
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Thank you! I know there are similar discussions in the thread but the reason I made the post was because there have been several mixed reviews and have seen some saying gaming has sucked recently. I appreciate your comment
I have a deco mesh system cabled directly to the starlink modem since the starlink is wifi 5 and the mesh is wifi 6. I have noticed better speeds running off my deco and never had a double NAT. My latency averages 30-40 ms with spikes in the 60s but they are very random and last less than a second. Never noticed any lags. If you are downloading digital games, you might run into issues. The download speeds can be slow during peak times. Mine averages around 100 down during peak. Off peak I have gotten as high as 260. I also changed my DNS on the deco to Google and cloud flare. I have seen some people say this could help with overall performance. It seems to have helped me a little.
Ash said:
For context, I live in a rural area where my only options are satellite internet. With that being said, my spouse and I currently do not have internet and use our AT&T phone hotspot to watch shows and even game online. It’s worked well thus far but it’s not the most viable option for long term use as we pay astronomical amounts on our phone bill for about 120gb of combined hotspot. I’ve been researching Starlink for a while and seem to come across mixed reviews when it comes to the capabilities of gaming. I can currently use my hotspot and average anywhere from 60-90ms ping on Modern Warfare 3 but sometimes during high use times or storms, it will skyrocket making any online gaming virtually impossible. I also have to lug my PS5 or Xbox X to a friend or family members house just to download/update games. Before I commit to purchasing Starlink, I wanted to see if I could get a good grasp of what everyone experiences when trying to game online or if Starlink is a good option for downloading/uploading games. Currently on Starlink’s map it shows that my area would have around 48-112mbps download speed, 12-22mbps upload speed, and latency of 31-39ms. I’m just looking for you guys experience or if you think based off the information on their map if this will be a good option. Thank you in advance!
Yes. (Tested from Australia)
Starlink works fine now for pre much all gaming. 5 months + ago I’d have said no at least for competitive fps games like cod. And to just use 4g connection for that and starlink for the rest. As there were micro drop outs every 10-20 minutes. And I’ve been doing that ever since I got it like 6 or more months ago
But checked my statistics on the app and only has like 4 micro drop outs in a whole day so much more stable.
decided to try it all out again over the weekend thanks to this post to test for ya and seems perfect now (as perfect can get for satelite net)
30 ms playing cod multi, no packet loss. And was able to stream it at the same time on twitch tested that.
I’d still keep a 4g connection handy tho as some things like shader updates on cod after a patch just don’t download on starlink for some reason (could be a My pc problem)
And originally I said fortnite festival didn’t work in another post turns out that was just my firewall blocking it when connected to starlink for some reason worked fine on 4g lol
And speed tests I pull anywhere from 200-450mbs download and about 20-30 upload
With 28-40 ms range
Just depends on where the satelites are at that point I guess
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Ping is not only related to the way internet is delivered. Sure a copper cable slows it down, but in case of Starlink it’s instant since you’re using a satellite overhead. What makes the ping slow is the time it takes to reach the nearest internet backbone and the possible congestion, not only on the Starlink network but on the network as a whole.
Starlink ground stations are usually as close a possible to backbones nodes but also to your location so that you get an IP corresponding more or less to your location and to reduce the load and get faster responses. But if you live in the middle of nowhere the backbone might be much further away from the nearest ground station, thus increasing your ping. That said I lived in a big city some years ago and my ping was getting between 60 to 80ms on 2gB fiber.
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Avery said:
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Ping is not only related to the way internet is delivered. Sure a copper cable slows it down, but in case of Starlink it’s instant since you’re using a satellite overhead. What makes the ping slow is the time it takes to reach the nearest internet backbone and the possible congestion, not only on the Starlink network but on the network as a whole.
Starlink ground stations are usually as close a possible to backbones nodes but also to your location so that you get an IP corresponding more or less to your location and to reduce the load and get faster responses. But if you live in the middle of nowhere the backbone might be much further away from the nearest ground station, thus increasing your ping. That said I lived in a big city some years ago and my ping was getting between 60 to 80ms on 2gB fiber.
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I’m a software engineer so I’m pretty sure I fully understand how it works. Yes ping is time it takes for packets to reach a host, however the closer from the backbone you are the faster the ping should be (if your internet connection is good). What I mean by backbone is point of entry to the internet, from there routing to dns is pretty much instant (as I said if you live near a major one chances are dns servers will be existing there) and then routing to final host. In short the closer you live from a backbone, the least hops, the faster the connection. Which means if you have a Starlink in Antarctica even if you have 200mb downlink you won’t get the best ping (unless there’s a backbone node in Argentina but looking at cables layout I doubt it)
I’ve had starlink for close to two months now and I can game just fine. I went from satellite with 2mbs down to now where I’m getting anywhere from 40-100mbs down. There are the occasional lag spike where the connection slows down but they are over pretty quick. Just make sure you have no obstructions as that can affect your speeds and cause connection to drop at regular intervals.
just search in the subreddit, this thread is so common there is so much information already here. it works fine.
Whit said:
just search in the subreddit, this thread is so common there is so much information already here. it works fine.
Funny how much this sub has evolved
Ash said:
For context, I live in a rural area where my only options are satellite internet. With that being said, my spouse and I currently do not have internet and use our AT&T phone hotspot to watch shows and even game online. It’s worked well thus far but it’s not the most viable option for long term use as we pay astronomical amounts on our phone bill for about 120gb of combined hotspot. I’ve been researching Starlink for a while and seem to come across mixed reviews when it comes to the capabilities of gaming. I can currently use my hotspot and average anywhere from 60-90ms ping on Modern Warfare 3 but sometimes during high use times or storms, it will skyrocket making any online gaming virtually impossible. I also have to lug my PS5 or Xbox X to a friend or family members house just to download/update games. Before I commit to purchasing Starlink, I wanted to see if I could get a good grasp of what everyone experiences when trying to game online or if Starlink is a good option for downloading/uploading games. Currently on Starlink’s map it shows that my area would have around 48-112mbps download speed, 12-22mbps upload speed, and latency of 31-39ms. I’m just looking for you guys experience or if you think based off the information on their map if this will be a good option. Thank you in advance!
Rainbow Six Siege for me gets around 40-50ms these days, it used to be a bit higher. I’m in Wisconsin so those pings are for Central/Eastern time zones. If I play on West coast servers its a lot higher, like 80-120ms. I’m surprised it’s gotten so much lower, but playing on servers further away still seem pretty bad.
Ash said:
For context, I live in a rural area where my only options are satellite internet. With that being said, my spouse and I currently do not have internet and use our AT&T phone hotspot to watch shows and even game online. It’s worked well thus far but it’s not the most viable option for long term use as we pay astronomical amounts on our phone bill for about 120gb of combined hotspot. I’ve been researching Starlink for a while and seem to come across mixed reviews when it comes to the capabilities of gaming. I can currently use my hotspot and average anywhere from 60-90ms ping on Modern Warfare 3 but sometimes during high use times or storms, it will skyrocket making any online gaming virtually impossible. I also have to lug my PS5 or Xbox X to a friend or family members house just to download/update games. Before I commit to purchasing Starlink, I wanted to see if I could get a good grasp of what everyone experiences when trying to game online or if Starlink is a good option for downloading/uploading games. Currently on Starlink’s map it shows that my area would have around 48-112mbps download speed, 12-22mbps upload speed, and latency of 31-39ms. I’m just looking for you guys experience or if you think based off the information on their map if this will be a good option. Thank you in advance!
Rainbow Six Siege for me gets around 40-50ms these days, it used to be a bit higher. I’m in Wisconsin so those pings are for Central/Eastern time zones. If I play on West coast servers its a lot higher, like 80-120ms. I’m surprised it’s gotten so much lower, but playing on servers further away still seem pretty bad.
This is why I’m still in Silver
Ash said:
For context, I live in a rural area where my only options are satellite internet. With that being said, my spouse and I currently do not have internet and use our AT&T phone hotspot to watch shows and even game online. It’s worked well thus far but it’s not the most viable option for long term use as we pay astronomical amounts on our phone bill for about 120gb of combined hotspot. I’ve been researching Starlink for a while and seem to come across mixed reviews when it comes to the capabilities of gaming. I can currently use my hotspot and average anywhere from 60-90ms ping on Modern Warfare 3 but sometimes during high use times or storms, it will skyrocket making any online gaming virtually impossible. I also have to lug my PS5 or Xbox X to a friend or family members house just to download/update games. Before I commit to purchasing Starlink, I wanted to see if I could get a good grasp of what everyone experiences when trying to game online or if Starlink is a good option for downloading/uploading games. Currently on Starlink’s map it shows that my area would have around 48-112mbps download speed, 12-22mbps upload speed, and latency of 31-39ms. I’m just looking for you guys experience or if you think based off the information on their map if this will be a good option. Thank you in advance!
I play War Thunder and specifically air arcade, which is highly sensitive to latency. Starlink says my pings are around 25-35ms and the game says usually between 50-100ms to their servers. Rarely higher than that. Around 200/15 is pretty normal. I’m in a rural part of California and our area is fully subscribed last I checked.
I find it not perfect but acceptable. I lived “in town” for a bit and had Gigabit fiber and it wasn’t appreciably different… so I’ve come to believe at least some of the lag I see is on their end.
The overall service has greatly improved over the years, especially in the last 6-8 months.
Ash said:
For context, I live in a rural area where my only options are satellite internet. With that being said, my spouse and I currently do not have internet and use our AT&T phone hotspot to watch shows and even game online. It’s worked well thus far but it’s not the most viable option for long term use as we pay astronomical amounts on our phone bill for about 120gb of combined hotspot. I’ve been researching Starlink for a while and seem to come across mixed reviews when it comes to the capabilities of gaming. I can currently use my hotspot and average anywhere from 60-90ms ping on Modern Warfare 3 but sometimes during high use times or storms, it will skyrocket making any online gaming virtually impossible. I also have to lug my PS5 or Xbox X to a friend or family members house just to download/update games. Before I commit to purchasing Starlink, I wanted to see if I could get a good grasp of what everyone experiences when trying to game online or if Starlink is a good option for downloading/uploading games. Currently on Starlink’s map it shows that my area would have around 48-112mbps download speed, 12-22mbps upload speed, and latency of 31-39ms. I’m just looking for you guys experience or if you think based off the information on their map if this will be a good option. Thank you in advance!
i just got mine and i live in the mountains in new mexico. pretty rural area. i get speeds around 186mb pretty constantly. i just use it for streaming / gaming. and honestly its not bad at all. you might get a little lag here and there but i’ve had worse internet that wasn’t even satellite lol.
i recommend starlink personally. i was using my 5g hotspot before also on att and this is def better.
Ash said:
For context, I live in a rural area where my only options are satellite internet. With that being said, my spouse and I currently do not have internet and use our AT&T phone hotspot to watch shows and even game online. It’s worked well thus far but it’s not the most viable option for long term use as we pay astronomical amounts on our phone bill for about 120gb of combined hotspot. I’ve been researching Starlink for a while and seem to come across mixed reviews when it comes to the capabilities of gaming. I can currently use my hotspot and average anywhere from 60-90ms ping on Modern Warfare 3 but sometimes during high use times or storms, it will skyrocket making any online gaming virtually impossible. I also have to lug my PS5 or Xbox X to a friend or family members house just to download/update games. Before I commit to purchasing Starlink, I wanted to see if I could get a good grasp of what everyone experiences when trying to game online or if Starlink is a good option for downloading/uploading games. Currently on Starlink’s map it shows that my area would have around 48-112mbps download speed, 12-22mbps upload speed, and latency of 31-39ms. I’m just looking for you guys experience or if you think based off the information on their map if this will be a good option. Thank you in advance!
I live in rural Eastern Ontario, Canada.
Starlink is good enough to allow me to play Battlefield 2042 with a 40ms response time while my wife watches Sportsnet games in 4K.
Get the trial, plop the dish in the middle of your lawn and test it out.
Worth every penny if all you have is LTE.
Ash said:
For context, I live in a rural area where my only options are satellite internet. With that being said, my spouse and I currently do not have internet and use our AT&T phone hotspot to watch shows and even game online. It’s worked well thus far but it’s not the most viable option for long term use as we pay astronomical amounts on our phone bill for about 120gb of combined hotspot. I’ve been researching Starlink for a while and seem to come across mixed reviews when it comes to the capabilities of gaming. I can currently use my hotspot and average anywhere from 60-90ms ping on Modern Warfare 3 but sometimes during high use times or storms, it will skyrocket making any online gaming virtually impossible. I also have to lug my PS5 or Xbox X to a friend or family members house just to download/update games. Before I commit to purchasing Starlink, I wanted to see if I could get a good grasp of what everyone experiences when trying to game online or if Starlink is a good option for downloading/uploading games. Currently on Starlink’s map it shows that my area would have around 48-112mbps download speed, 12-22mbps upload speed, and latency of 31-39ms. I’m just looking for you guys experience or if you think based off the information on their map if this will be a good option. Thank you in advance!
Im using geforce now via starlink thats how good starlink is 