The number of Starlink satellite internet subscribers has exceeded one million. This was reported by Mashable.

SpaceX representatives announce they have reached one million active customers twitter companies The company thanked subscribers who “contributed to this important event”.

At the same time, media reporters noted that the Internet provider, taking everything into account, could not cope with the influx of new users. The authors cited a report from analytics company Ookla, which states that the average download speed through Starlink equipment has dropped over the past year. The decline ranged from 9 to 54 percent, depending on the region.

The authors recalled that in May SpaceX reported 400,000 active users of its services. In this context, journalists assumed that the Starlink infrastructure was not ready for a large number of new connections.

Starlink is SpaceX’s global satellite system designed to communicate to those living in remote areas. The first internet system satellites were launched in May 2019.