Starlink

[BigBlue1]

you pay 130 dollars a month for dsl?

I paid $92/mo for "5" Mb/s DSL when we moved to our rural home. And by "5", they meant 1.5-3. Sometimes rural folks have few options.

 

[LittleBill21]

I am rural, but luckly am literally the last house in my area that can get comcast.

 

[JethroB]

Interesting map, a narrow swath across upstate NY in the wait list area.
I've had mine for several months now and while the service is much better then what I had it's not as spectacular
as most post that it is.
And my location is in the wait listed area.

The nearest active cell is about 15 miles north of me according to the map, 40 miles or more E, S, and W. Starlink service is pretty good as is the wireless signal in my steel barn 120 feet away using the supplied router. Still pleased after 3 months.

 

[bdhsfz6]

Interesting map, a narrow swath across upstate NY in the wait list area.
I've had mine for several months now and while the service is much better then what I had it's not as spectacular
as most post that it is.
And my location is in the wait listed area.

I'm also shown in the wait area on the map, about 40 miles east of the nearest active cell, but I've had Starlink service for a month now. I suspect the map is out of date.

 

[BigBlue1]

I'm also shown in the wait area on the map, about 40 miles east of the nearest active cell, but I've had Starlink service for a month now. I suspect the map is out of date.

Well, it may/must have had availability when you were offered service there. The fact that no more availability is present for new customers isn't surprising.

 

[plowhog]

The new "portability" option comes with a catch. The 100MB-200MB advertised speed is only guaranteed at your service location. If you sign up for portability, you take your chances on speed as you move away from your service location.

I've taken Starlink from NV to CA a few times now. It has worked correctly every time, even though I don't have "portability" and this was before it was offered. And I can vouch that the speed is slower away from my assigned location. I haven't examined it a lot but the few times I did it was about 30MB-40MB. Still way faster than my other alternative in CA.

I still don't understand the purpose or function of the hexagon cells. Now that I have moved Starlink out of my hexagon (100 mi away) a few times and had it work, it raised some new questions. As does the "portability" option.

Still much to learn.

 

[newbury]

<snip> People with the rectangular dish have it fairly easy... Just go up on the roof, disconnect the cable and then have a second cable to use when portable.

Just go up on the roof, can be difficult or impossible for some people.

 

[BigBlue1]

Just go up on the roof, can be difficult or impossible for some people.

Well, sure. But if your dish doesn't have a removable cable it's a whole different level of difficult. I'm assuming someone who can safely install their dish on their roof can safely retrieve it.

Everyone's dish sits outside somewhere and the cable is routed inside. Regardless of roof, pole, or sitting on a picnic table, retrieving the dish itself is far easier than removing a cable that has been properly secured to a building and routed through one or more walls. That's my point.

 

[Fallon]

My dish showed up yesterday. Of course just as I was heading out of town for a couple weeks. Setup was trivial as an IT professional. Easy enough my mom could have handled it.

I set it on the fire pit on the back deck & it had signal by the time I got around to connecting to the WiFi & doing setup stuff a few minutes later. Speeds seemed as advertised. Under 100ms pings 100-200 megabit down a couple dozen up. WiFi wasn't great, but I left the router outside & was testing from my phone several rooms away. Should be plenty fine when I properly mount the dish & router.

My account has the option for roaminig for $25/mo. Will probably add that for our RVing stuff in a few months.

Will have to see how fast & stable it is longterm when we get home. But initial impressions are good.

 

[cqaigy2]

Just go up on the roof, can be difficult or impossible for some people.

Buy a second unit.