Starlink

[Thall303]

Just received from Starlink. Anyone does this?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Someone local posted starlink going over last night.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Just received from Starlink. Anyone does this?

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Yes I did. I really like it.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Someone local posted starlink going over last night. View attachment 764245

Friend and former coworker sent me pictures of the launch in Florida(I think) yesterday.

 

[Alien]

A friend convinced me re Starlink after I spoke to him. We have good coverage in Oz now. I have ordered the kit. He gets 160+ DL and about 6 UL.
I was needing a new router anyway so cost was very reasonable.
I am presently on Satellite but speeds leave a lot to be desired.

 

[lincmercguy]

I finally got my home service last week and got it setup over the weekend. I added the ethernet adapter and switched to passthrough mode, using my existing router. I've been working remotely for a couple of days, and it is a vast improvement over my 4G cell service.

 

[sodamo]

Maybe you can move one or both of the routers closer to one another. Aloha

Very true, i could move the 2nd router, but that doesn’t give me a wired port at the far location, which is the objective.

 

[NoTrespassing]

Just received from Starlink. Anyone does this?

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Received same email last night @ 7:44 central time. Thinking about it now...

 

[NoTrespassing]

Yes I did. I really like it.

So WoodChuck, you opted in to "Best Effort"? My concern is it says "no gaming". My son and I use cell phones to game now and it's not good. I'm wondering if SL is just saying speeds will be slow at certain times so they won't be optimal for gaming or they can specifically block things like XBox. Our dl speeds can be as low as 1 mbps with fairly high latency and gaming is difficult with CP. I guess I'm willing to purchase SL if they don't specifically block us from gaming on it.

During times of peak network congestion, Best Effort users will experience notably slower speeds than Residential users. Best Effort users will be able to engage in typical internet activity like email, online shopping, or streaming a n SD movie, but they won’t be able to engage in activities like online gaming, video calls or streaming 4K and HD movies.
Outside times of peak network congestion, Best Effort users can expect to engage in all of the above activities and more , but speeds will be slower than Residential users.

SERVICE PACKAGE	Service Availability	Latency (ms)	Expected Download (mbps)	Expected Upload (mbps)	Allowable Data

STARLINK	≥99%	20-40	50-200	10-20	No Data Caps
BUSINESS	≥99%	20-40	100-350	10-40	No Data Caps
BUSINESS (CIRCULAR HARDWARE)	≥99%	20-40	100-300	10-40	No Data Caps
STARLINK FOR RVs	≥99%	20-40	50-200; 5-100*	10-20; 1-10*	No Data Caps
MARITIME	≥99%	<99ms	100-350	20-40	No Data Caps
BEST EFFORT	≥99%	20-40	5-100	1-10	No Data Caps

It looks like to me from the above, they are just saying gaming performance will be poor in peak times which it already is on our cell phones.

Kevin

 

[3Ts]

Just received from Starlink. Anyone does this?

I just got this last night and have ordered it. Anything has to be better than the satellite link we have now. I plan to run them in parallel for awhile to see how SL performs. 30 days to evaluate performance and send back for full refund if not satisfied.