Starlink

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www.starlink.com Put your location information in.
Unless you got that off your account page, that message is probably for new orders.

To get yours, go to Starlink.com, login, and go to your account page, and you will see some message like;

"Starlink is targeting coverage in your area in late 2021. "

Still...I can't wait.

Currently, we are having one of our intermittent DSL meltdowns. Something sets off their electronics, our ping times go 20-40 times worse than normal, our router locks up, and has to be power cycled repeatedly. So, we are caught in a finger pointing storm with AT&T, where the cable techs are pointing at the DSL techs, who are pointing at the Digital Electronics Group, who are pointing at Network Operations, and back at them and me, (alleging a bad modem; I have three modems, two models, to swap in as needed to stop finger pointing). They had us on one fiber path yesterday with 5,000ms pings. "Seems good to us."(!) I had to get in the car and drive to the remote terminal to have a chat with some of the techs. I have been trying to point out that if changing the fiber path has radically different ping times that perhaps the issue is upstream of me, their copper, and their dsl cards. Personally, I think that they have a bad backplane or power supply in their remote terminal, but nobody at AT&T seems to want to contemplate that one. (It has been an intermittent problem for, say, fifteen years, despite lots of cards and boards being replaced... I think that everyone is hoping for a fiber rewire, which they did a mile east of us after a fire, but not here.)

I am sure Starlink will have its own issues, but I would welcome the chance to have a backup. Nothing about Tesla cars, Tesla solar, or Tesla batteries suggests that Starlink will have any customer service to speak of. Eyes wide open.

All the best,

Peter
 
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Nothing about Tesla cars, Tesla solar, or Tesla batteries suggests that Starlink will have any customer service to speak of.
With full credit to George Carlin, I am sure they will "service the customer." :LOL:
 
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I visited a couple of starlink "web sites". Ah - the info they give out is misleading and contradictory. One site says - "expect it to be operational mid- 2022". This same site says the customer hardware will cost $500/customer plus monthly subscription fees.

Another site has three plans - low, medium & high - that you can sign up for today. If this miracle of modern technology won't be operational until mid-2022 - - what in the H*LL are they going to give you right now.

I smell a skunk. If I sign up today - do I get bent over the log tomorrow.
 
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I visited a couple of starlink "web sites". Ah - the info they give out is misleading and contradictory. One site says - "expect it to be operational mid- 2022". This same site says the customer hardware will cost $500/customer plus monthly subscription fees.

Another site has three plans - low, medium & high - that you can sign up for today. If this miracle of modern technology won't be operational until mid-2022 - - what in the H*LL are they going to give you right now.

I smell a skunk. If I sign up today - do I get bent over the log tomorrow.

What web sites are you referring to? They don't sound like starlink.com. The date references are wrong. The cost reference is accurate.

Rob
 
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I was on the fence about getting starlink. I've absolutely terrible DSL, ~7 down, .7 up with frequent outages. I've also got the Mobley which usually get's about 10 down and 2 or 3 up, but I reserve that for taking with me, to my workshops, to town, wherever.

BUT

Within a year the Electric Company is supposed to put in Fiber with 100Mbps both ways for $55 with a modem. Or 1Gbps for $85.

And the phone company is coming along behind them for about the same price.

Can't figure out WHY they are both doing it in the same areas, govt grants probably.

And now Musk wants $500 upfront for hardware and
Starlink will need up to $30 billion to survive
I can see myself sitting with $500 of hardware and no connection while fiber goes by.
 
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I typed in - Starlink - it took me to many, many supposed Starlink web sites.

Well - BigBlue - just scan the posts back thru a couple pages. Everybody has the "latest" info on Starlink.

I hope the 500K who are on the waiting list didn't have to pay "waiting list fees" also.

So what I see - anywhere from $69/ month to $149/month. Plus $500 for the hardware. Plus $12.50 for rental fees - ???

NO THANK YOU - HughesNet is just fine. That's not the least bit comparable to HughesNet - that's highway robbery.
 
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Within a year the Electric Company is supposed to put in Fiber with 100Mbps both ways for $55 with a modem. Or 1Gbps for $85.

And the phone company is coming along behind them for about the same price.

Can't figure out WHY they are both doing it in the same areas, govt grants probably.
Man if somebody offered me 100 Mbps both ways unlimited for a flat $55 plus sales tax I would be all over it.

My guess is they will tack on all sorts of different taxes and fees and probably have data caps with extra usage fees.
 

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