Our paper "Investigating Web Content Delivery Performance over Starlink" has been accepted at ACM The Web Conference (WWW) 2026! Led by Rohan Bose with contributions from Jinwei Zhao, Tanya Shreedhar, Prof. Jianping Pan, and myself, this work presents a comprehensive study of how web content delivery networks (CDNs) perform over Starlink's LEO satellite network.
As Starlink expands its global footprint, understanding how existing web infrastructure adapts to satellite connectivity becomes crucial. Our study examines CDN and DNS performance from multiple vantage points, revealing insights into content delivery optimization challenges and opportunities in LEO satellite networks. The research investigates how major CDN providers handle Starlink traffic, analyzes DNS resolution patterns, and measures end-to-end web performance metrics. Our findings highlight both the potential and current limitations of delivering web content over satellite networks.
True to our commitment to reproducible research, we're making our measurement data and code available to the community.
