Starlink

[Diggin It]

Native American Tribe Gets Early Access to SpaceX's Starlink and Says It's Fast

PC Magazine|48 minutes ago

It seemed like out of nowhere SpaceX just came up and catapulted us into the 21st century,' says a leader of the Hoh tribe, which is based in a remote area of Washington state.

 

[cqaigy2]

Wow, 100Mb. Not sure what i'd do with 100 times more download speed.

 

[shooterdon]

If it is half as good as promised, I will be a customer.

I run two Jet Packs to get so-so internet and Dish TV

Does anyone have any idea of cost? I could not find anything.

 

[Diggin It]

As with tractor shopping and several other topics, I'm concerned with longevity. Will this be around ten years from now? Five? I've seen a few come and go in the last 10 years.

 

[shooterdon]

As with tractor shopping and several other topics, I'm concerned with longevity. Will this be around ten years from now? Five? I've seen a few come and go in the last 10 years.

Why would it matter? I would be a customer not an investor. If it works and is affordable.....but only lasts 5 years...there is no downside.

 

[riptides]

100mb....he has done more in two years than the last decade with our "telecom" companies.

Cannot imagine the next decade.

As with tractor shopping and several other topics, I'm concerned with longevity. Will this be around ten years from now? Five? I've seen a few come and go in the last 10 years.

 

[ernemats]

What kind of equipment will be required , and do they have it available when available to the public. I see a big demand for it if it is affordable.

 

[LouNY]

Heck I just ran a speed test on mine, speedofme;
download under 7.0 Mbps
upload just over 1.0 Mbps
latency 1409 ms

retested
download under 7.5 Mbps
upload just over 1.1 Mbps
latency down to 108 ms

This is for a line of sight wireless ISP

 

[LouNY]

Maybe where you live. Awful lot of this country still doesn't have cell service. Here's a map of Nevada - the areas in white have NO cell service.
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Do they still have the old radio telephone service that was available back in the70's and 80's?
I know they had radio repeaters up in the Owyhee Mt's

 

[ponytug]

Recent calculations suggest that it will take about four months for the latest batch of satellites to achieve their planned orbits, which would begin the public beta, per Elon Musk. While everyone is focused on the satellite count, apparently the current bottleneck is that Starlink is building only thousands of ground antennas a month, with a wait list of over 700,000 customers on the existing waitlist.

All you need apparently is the ground antenna, a "UFO on a stick", and an Ethernet cable to your router, and presumably a power outlet. Cost is thought to be in the hundreds of dollars, but no confirmation from Starlink.

Our AT&T DSL and phone has been on the fritz since early August, so, yes, I can't wait. AT&T keeps reminding me that DSL has been obsoleted and can no longer be ordered, but is unwilling to disclose if they have plans to use the available state and federal funds to run fiber out here...
FWIW: When it is working, we get ~5Mbits down, and 550kbits up.

All the best,

Peter