Testing Speedify with a Starlink Internet Connection for Speed and Reliability
Joseph Cristina, a YouTube creator who uses Starlink, spent about five weeks testing Speedify against expensive routers that combine internet connections, to stop his Starlink internet connection from dropping in the middle of live streams. Starlink is fast, but short drops are a real problem when you work online or stream live.
Speedify is an app that uses all of your internet connections at the same time, like Starlink plus a phone hotspot, so you get the speed of both and stay online if one drops. Below: what Joseph found, another Starlink user story, and how Speedify runs its own Starlink live stream.
Starlink Internet Connection Drops Happen to Everyone
Speedify measures thousands of Starlink users in more than 140 countries. In September 2026, fixed Starlink dishes went offline for about 38 minutes a day on average, and Starlink dishes on RVs and boats for about 46 minutes a day.
All Starlink dishes also see short dropouts roughly every 15 seconds as the Starlink internet connection switches from one moving satellite to the next. Even a perfectly installed Starlink dish goes offline, and about 7 in 10 Starlink users on Speedify use Starlink together with a second internet connection, like 4G/5G cellular.
Starlink Index: what thousands of real Starlink connections measure
Sep 5 – Sep 18, 2026Daily downtime
42 min
3.2% of connected time — on fixed mounts
Median latency
55 ms
the worst 10% of users see 305 ms
Avg packet loss
0.15%
vs 0.08% on T‑Mobile
Avg jitter
1.3 ms
vs 6.5 ms on Verizon
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What Joseph Found Testing Speedify with Starlink
Joseph tested Speedify for about five weeks. The whole time, he stayed in touch with the Speedify team, sending feedback that helped make the Speedify app work better with Starlink.
One of his tests was a real live stream over Starlink and a T-Mobile cellular connection used together with Speedify. His Starlink internet connection wasn’t working when the stream started, and the stream still ran with no problems.
Across his tests, Speedify kept his internet more reliable in every situation he tried. By Joseph’s account, using Starlink and his other internet connection together with Speedify also made his internet about three times faster.
Speed matters most for uploads when you stream live. Starlink uploads run 10 to 30 Mbps, and Twitch recommends 6,000 kbps (6 Mbps) for 1080p at 60 frames per second, so a drop or a slow moment on Starlink shows up on your stream right away. A second internet connection gives Speedify another way to send your stream.
Joseph isn’t the only Starlink user with a story like this. The team at UFD Tech ran a cross-country live streaming fundraiser using Starlink and Speedify: read more about that.
How Speedify Makes Your Starlink Internet Connection More Reliable
Speedify is the only app that lets you use two or more internet connections at the same time on your computer or phone. It sends your traffic over all of them at once, and if one drops, it switches your traffic to the others automatically, so your internet is more reliable and more secure. With Starlink alone, Speedify can’t add speed or stop drops: it needs a second internet connection, like 4G/5G cellular, cable or another Starlink dish.
To test Speedify with Starlink every day, the Speedify team got its own Starlink and started a 24/7 live stream of the Philadelphia skyline. See the Starlink live streaming setup and what the team learned after 6 months.
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