Starlink

[Pixguy]

I just signed up for T-Mobile home internet
Speeds are pretty good compared to my DSL connection via Frontier.

T-Mobile - $50 per month - 30-177 Mbps Down / 5-20 up
Frontier - $27.99 per month - 6 Mbps Down / 1 up

Going to use T-Mobile until it proves it's reliable (3 months?) and then cancel the DSL. So far is been pretty good, no real complaints yet.

Keep us updated as they are definitely an alternative. I'm curious if there's a slowdown during peak times and throttling if you stream tv a lot.

 

[blee03]

Keep us updated as they are definitely an alternative. I'm curious if there's a slowdown during peak times and throttling if you stream tv a lot.

Will do!

Edit: We stream all our TV so I’ll definitely keep my eye on it. Surprisingly we rarely had problems streaming TV via Frontier DSL, so I would hope there isn’t any issues with the new T-Mobile connection

 

[plowhog]

Verizon is now offering $25/mo home internet if you have their cell plan. I checked- not available in my area yet.

 

[riptides]

Verizon is now offering $25/mo home internet if you have their cell plan. I checked- not available in my area yet.

Verizon is whacked. I had their 4G data plans and routers, I even signed up with an independent. The later to remove the data cap and throttling. But they kept saying their Home internet plan was not available for my area. I even went to a store and tried to explain what was going on. No help.

I am on day two of T-Mobile. So far so good, and speeds are three times as fast as my independent Verizon operator.

Needless to say, I don't think I will be a Verizon customer for long. YMMV.

 

[JESSE1]

My fastest speeds are early in the morning, slows down during the day. I've seen speeds of 225mbps and so far slowest has been 75mbps. I talked to a T Mobil tech yesterday and he said the tower close to my house is going to be upgraded within a month to the enhanced 5G. Said my speeds will increase quite a bit. They still limit the number of internet subscribers per tower. If TMHI was not available I would still be on the waiting list for Starlink.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Where to put it.

 

[plowhog]

I've seen speeds of 225mbps and so far slowest has been 75mbps.

Fastest Starlink speed I have seen is over 300mbps. That is on my system dedicated to a residential address. Slowest I have seen on the Starlink RV system is 4mbps. To be fair, that was one time only. The RV system usually turns in speeds between 50 and 80mbps.

 

[sodamo]

Where to put it.
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I think I might use a J arm that mounts to soffit rather than penetrate the roof. As to where. That would be a combination of clearest view with ease of running the cable. Might need to order longer cable. While you might be able to narrow choices, likely you will have to get on the roof and evaluate with the obstruction app. Note that you should attempt to use the phone apt as close to actual dish location as possible. Some have stood at a spot to evaluate, then placed dish at ground level only to learn that dishy picked up obstructions not seen 3 feet higher. Lots of installs documented on reddit. Some show temp locations for extended duration. SL offers a number of mount options on their site, but I knew I had an old dish J mount sitting in shed. That worked perfectly. Do be careful up there.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I got this wineguard mount. Ordered the pipe bracket, which should clamp on this. Waiting on it.

I already bought the longer cable.

Would like to put it on garage facia just above porch roof, but might have interference there. At very top of roof is best choice.

 

[sodamo]

With all those peaks Dennis, you have opportunity for fun. I only had to chose which end of a single peak. I choose the nearer.

 

[newbury]

Remember to mount it where you can get to it relatively easily unless you are absolutely positive it won't ever need servicing.

I still remember the picture of David in a tree retrieving an article of value (a drone IIRC).

 

[sodamo]

Remember to mount it where you can get to it relatively easily unless you are absolutely positive it won't ever need servicing.

I still remember the picture of David in a tree retrieving an article of value (a drone IIRC).

Hey, I resemble that

 

[riptides]

With such a beautiful house Dennis, I opt for hiding it off the back? So you don't see it when walking up.

 

[BigBlue1]

Just make sure to use the obstruction checker tool in the app before you commit to a mounting location. Run it with your phone in the exact physical position you are thinking of mounting the dish. You don't want to find out after the fact that some tree or other object is a blocker that causes your signal to drop occasionally.

 

[BrierPatch]

Just make sure to use the obstruction checker tool in the app before you commit to a mounting location. Run it with your phone in the exact physical position you are thinking of mounting the dish. You don't want to find out after the fact that some tree or other object is a blocker that causes your signal to drop occasionally.

And do it when the leaves are on the trees. I went from an outage about every 4-5 minutes with no leaves and to an outage every 40-50 seconds once the leaves were on the trees.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Bought the pipe bracket

Little big, but I like that the dish snaps in like it does the ground base.

Bracket didnt come with lag bolts, so gotta pick those up.

 

[plowhog]

What happens if you are using the "plain vanilla" Starlink router, but have a mix of network devices-- some with an assigned IP, and some using DHCP?

On bootup, everything works fine on my system. Locally plus also remote access from an off-site location. But after a while, remote access stops working. When that stops working, my wired LAN seems fouled up as well. I'm using the Starlink router, ethernet adapter, then into a network switch that connects to various things. No 3rd party router.

Some of my cameras/camera devices want a fixed IP. But if that is buggering the Starlink lan I will have to figure out a workaround. ???

 

[sodamo]

Is it possible you need to bypass SL router?

To be honest, just a guess as my networking skill leaves much to be desired. I know I am not bypassing SL in current setup, but wonder if maybe I should be. My SL feeds into a Ubiquiti switch. If I add my security gateway between SL and switch I don’t get internet.
My non optimized system requiring work

 

[LittleBill21]

What happens if you are using the "plain vanilla" Starlink router, but have a mix of network devices-- some with an assigned IP, and some using DHCP?

On bootup, everything works fine on my system. Locally plus also remote access from an off-site location. But after a while, remote access stops working. When that stops working, my wired LAN seems fouled up as well. I'm using the Starlink router, ethernet adapter, then into a network switch that connects to various things. No 3rd party router.

Some of my cameras/camera devices want a fixed IP. But if that is buggering the Starlink lan I will have to figure out a workaround. ???

bad things happen when dhcp servers don't know about static devices. not all check. static devices should be in a separate range, outside of the dhcp scope.

 

[plowhog]

Is it possible you need to bypass SL router?

Thank you for the idea. I bypassed the SL router at another installation, and that works great.

But in this case, due to distance issues, I hope to keep the Starlink wifi on. That means no bypass. I'm using the SL 150' cable to a desired wifi location, then going wired, after that, off to my network devices. If I bypass the SL router that wifi signal goes away.

If needed I could pull cable back to that location if I have to lose the Starlink wifi, but I'm hoping to avoid that.