Starlink just became New Zealand’s largest rural ISP - overtaking Spark! 🇳🇿
In just one year:
• Rural market share jumped from 19% to 27%
• Satellite broadband connections surged 52%
• Connections rose from 56,000 to 85,000
Traditional providers are struggling to reach remote areas, while Starlink is rapidly connecting farms, small towns, and isolated regions across the country
Satellite internet is winning where fiber simply can’t go
BREAKING: Starlink is delivering faster download speeds than other terrestrial ISPs in 22 out of 23 markets in Africa, per Ookla.
• Upload speeds doubled in Central & East Africa and nearly tripled in Southern Africa.
• Now serving ~500,000 users across rapidly expanding markets.
• Latency reduced by over 80% in Southern & Eastern Africa since 2024.
• 5 to 6 times faster than local providers in Botswana and Guinea Bissau
Starlink is helping connect schools, businesses, homes and remote communities that were ignored for decades. It is becoming Africa’s internet lifeline.
Meanwhile, South Africa continues to block it because of its racist BEE laws, denying its own citizens access to fast reliable internet.