Starlink

[buckeyefarmer]

my starlink ethernet adapter failed during a storm last week. Had to set starlink up as router again, but my house mesh system connected and it's working. I have Gen2.

 

[ponytug]

Has anyone tried the $10/mo Starlink plan yet?

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Perhaps you are a lucky account holder!

The list price around here is $50/mo for a max of 50GB, without adding more, plus fine print on what is actually allowed;

https://www.starlink.com/support/article/dd5b43b5-20e1-b29b-2d7d-a7ffd0541988

All the best,

Peter

 

[plowhog]

I started with 3 traditional SL systems-- CA residential, NV residential, and RV roam.

When the "mini" was offered at $50/mo, I bought it for the RV. At $100/mo savings it paid the cost of equipment quickly.

When the mini went into service, I cancelled the $150/mo RV/roam package and that SL unit has been sitting idle in my garage for some time.

I think they are trying to lure me back into turning the "idle" system back on. And for $10/month, I think their ploy is going to work!

 

[LouNY]

Well my Starlink is being very glitchy this morning on this web site, I can type much faster then the characters show on the screen, which considering my hunt and peck is not very impressive. And then the response I'm trying to read is bouncing up and down on the page.
Now is that a Starlink issue or all of the damned ads trying to load on the page;

 

[ponytug]

I doubt that the ads and trackers are Starlink. Do you have a adblocker? While it might be the case that some other pages that you have/had open were causing some cross site injection, that would not be my first thought. Is your operating system up to date? It might also be time to clear your browser cache and history, and give your computer the once over with a virus/malware scan, and reboot.

Good luck!

All the best,

Peter

 

[LouNY]

I doubt that the ads and trackers are Starlink. Do you have a adblocker? While it might be the case that some other pages that you have/had open were causing some cross site injection, that would not be my first thought. Is your operating system up to date? It might also be time to clear your browser cache and history, and give your computer the once over with a virus/malware scan, and reboot.

Good luck!

All the best,

Peter

Correct the ads are not starlink.
Yes I run ad blocker+.
Those # of ads blocked are from this site. Currently for just this page is 551 when I change pages or go to my home page here the counter resets.
In just the time it has taken me to type this the ad counter on this page alone has increased to 796. Completely ridiculous.

 

[BigBlue1]

Well my Starlink is being very glitchy this morning on this web site, I can type much faster then the characters show on the screen, which considering my hunt and peck is not very impressive. And then the response I'm trying to read is bouncing up and down on the page.
Now is that a Starlink issue or all of the damned ads trying to load on the page;
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Almost certainly not an issue related to your Internet connection. That's due to crappy web design and excessive ads and other tracker components from the site (or maybe inadvertently installed in your browser.

 

[3930dave]

Correct the ads are not starlink.
Yes I run ad blocker+.
Those # of ads blocked are from this site. Currently for just this page is 551 when I change pages or go to my home page here the counter resets.
In just the time it has taken me to type this the ad counter on this page alone has increased to 796. Completely ridiculous.

You may already run it, but NoScript may help. That count seems high, vs. what I see with LibreWolf.

(Can take a bit of training, to green-light the sites you want, but IMO, worth it).

Rgds, D.

 

[Tinhack]

Yeah, that sounds like you're PC has been hijacked with a virus or trojan. Try running a virus scan and see if it finds anything.

I'm getting 3 on Adblocker Ultimate and 4 on Ublock Origin. The problem with some ads from 3rd parties is that they can easily be hijacked themselves and contain trojans or viruses.

 

[grsthegreat]

Weird, i run ad blocker+ on my ipad and it only shows blocked 4 ads

 

[ponytug]

Weird, i run ad blocker+ on my ipad and it only shows blocked 4 ads

Which is the sort of blocking that I would normally expect. The numbers that @LouNY has makes me wonder whether there is some other configuration issue, or malware, or browser setting that is generating the high counts. If it were on my computer, I'd be poking around to make sure that it got fixed, partly due to malware concerns, and partly that partial ad loads are bandwidth consuming items.

All the best,

Peter

 

[JRH02]

I use AdGuard and love it because the utility installs as an executable, not an extension to the browser - although they have that option available too. So it blocks the ads from using bandwidth. And in doing so your connection is noticeably faster.

 

[grsthegreat]

I use AdGuard and love it because the utility installs as an executable, not an extension to the browser - although they have that option available too. So it blocks the ads from using bandwidth. And in doing so your connection is noticeably faster.

And mine blocks the stupid youtube ads also….

 

[AnotherBueller]

Has anyone tried the $10/mo Starlink plan yet?

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I just started ours this week and that was NOT an option. $120/month with a 1.5 Tera byte soft cap.

 

[AnotherBueller]

And mine blocks the stupid youtube ads also….

Will that work on amazon fire tv?

 

[grsthegreat]

Will that work on amazon fire tv?

No idea

 

[JRH02]

Will that work on amazon fire tv?

It depends. I've heard that YouTube is adding advertisements embedded right into the video feed which makes it about impossible for a blocker to get around. But don't really know because I avoid YouTube with a passion.

 

[sodamo]

It depends. I've heard that YouTube is adding advertisements embedded right into the video feed which makes it about impossible for a blocker to get around. But don't really know because I avoid YouTube with a passion.

YouTube TV has become inundated with commercials recently.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

YouTube TV has become inundated with commercials recently.

yes, some videos now have so many ads, I just stop watching them

 

[sodamo]

More and more we are DVR and fast forward the ads