The Starlink Summary Card in Speedify’s Starlink Control Center Shows Every Dish’s Key Stats at a Glance
Speedify’s Starlink Control Center appears in the Speedify dashboard whenever Speedify detects one or more Starlink connections. The Starlink Summary card sits at the top of it. For each connected dish, Speedify reports download and upload throughput, ping, obstruction percentage, uptime, and connection status, read directly from the dish’s local API.
This article explains what each number on the Starlink Summary card means, where the numbers come from, and what to do when one of them looks wrong.
Quick answer
Should you get a backup connection for Starlink?
Yes. Starlink goes down every day — an always-on dish averages about 34 minutes of downtime daily from routine satellite handoffs. A second connection keeps you online when Starlink drops.
What’s the best backup connection for Starlink?
A 4G/5G cellular hotspot or SIM is the most practical backup for most Starlink users — it works anywhere Starlink works, requires no installation, and uses a different network so outages rarely overlap. Cable or DSL broadband is a strong option if you have it at a fixed location. A second Starlink dish is also possible if you need maximum throughput.
How do you use two internet connections at once with Starlink?
Speedify combines Starlink with any other connection — cellular, cable, Wi-Fi, or a second dish — into one bonded connection. Speedify runs on your phone, laptop, or router. When Starlink drops, Speedify moves your traffic to the backup instantly, so calls don’t cut out and downloads don’t stall. Speedify is free to try.
71% of Speedify’s Starlink users already run a second connection. The data below shows why.
Try Speedify free →Speedify Starlink Index — real-world performance from 6,209 Starlink users: 2.4% downtime, about 34 minutes a day for always-on connections
Starlink goes down every day.
Here’s what that actually looks like.
Speedify passively monitors every connection it bonds. These figures come from 6,209 Starlink users over 14 days — compared in real time against the other connections on the same devices. No speed tests, no lab conditions.
Daily downtime
~34 min
2.4% of connected time unreachable
Median latency
60 ms
p90 spikes to 257 ms
Avg packet loss
0.17%
vs 0.08% on T-Mobile
71% ran at least one other connection simultaneously — 4,381 of 6,209 users. Cellular is the most common backup.
Use Speedify to stay online during satellite handoffs every 15 seconds
Research confirms Starlink switches between satellites every 15 seconds on a fixed schedule. Each satellite handoff is a potential dropout, and on a congested network or with any obstruction, those Starlink dropouts become real interruptions.
Speedify fixes Starlink connection drops by combining your Starlink internet connection with another satellite dish, Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, or wired Ethernet at the same time. When Starlink drops, Speedify keeps your traffic moving on the backup internet connection instantly.
Speedify alerts you about your Starlink dish status
Speedify software alerts you about your Starlink dish status as soon as your dish experiences an issue - e.g. when your actuator motor is stuck, the mast is not vertical or there's a thermal throttle.
Speedify's Starlink Control Center helps you monitor all your Starlink dishes, read obstruction maps, and align multiple dishes all in the Speedify app. Get a real-time view of each dish's health and optimize the position of each Starlink dish, so you get the best possible performance out of your Starlink connections.
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What Speedify’s Starlink Summary Card Reports
- Download and upload throughput. Current speeds in Mbps for each dish, measured at the dish itself.
- Ping. Round-trip time in milliseconds to the Starlink ground station, not to a public test server.
- Obstruction percentage. How much of the dish’s sky view is blocked.
- Uptime. How long the dish has held a connection since its last drop.
- Status. The dish’s reported state: Normal, Searching, or another condition.
These stats cover only the first hop to the Starlink ground station, so they describe satellite link quality on its own, separate from the rest of your internet path. Click a dish name to open its full detail view.
How to Read Each Stat from Speedify’s Starlink Control Center
A high obstruction percentage is the number that explains most problems. Starlink’s phased-array antenna tracks satellites across a wide cone of sky, so anything in that cone, a tree, a mast, a roofline, interrupts the link.
Starlink documents this in its Obstructions Explained guide. Ping to the ground station normally sits in the 20-60 ms range and rises during satellite handoffs. Throughput swings with congestion and obstruction. For the same metrics inside Starlink’s own tools, see Starlink’s usage statistics documentation.
How Speedify Acts on the Summary Card Data
Speedify does more than display these stats. Speedify’s channel bonding technology watches each dish’s live performance and distributes your traffic across every healthy connection at the packet level.
When the Summary card shows one dish climbing in obstruction or dropping in throughput, Speedify shifts traffic to your other connections, a second Starlink dish, 4G/5G cellular, Wi-Fi, or Ethernet, without dropping the session.
Who Gets the Most from Speedify’s Starlink Summary Card
- Anyone diagnosing slow Starlink. The Summary card separates a satellite-side problem (high obstruction, low throughput at the dish) from a problem further along the path.
- Operators running two or more dishes. Speedify lists every dish in one view, so you can compare them side by side instead of switching between them.
- Remote-site managers. Uptime and status give a quick read on dish health without a site visit.
Speedify and Starlink: Turning Dish Stats Into Action
The Starlink Summary card tells you what each dish is doing right now. Speedify’s channel bonding technology decides what to do about it, combining your dishes and other connections so a dip on one of them doesn’t reach your applications. For the full tour of the dashboard, see how to use Speedify’s Starlink Control Center, or learn more about Speedify’s channel bonding technology.
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