Starlink

[JethroB]

I had a second StarLink issue during a recent thunderstorm besides losing service for a few minutes possibly (?) due to heavy rain. My power & lights flickered a few times rapidly and this apparently caused the StarLink router to do a factory reset. I purchased a 600 VA UPS to prevent this in the future. Still pretty pleased with StarLink.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

https://www.c4isrnet.com/air/2022/0...-last-month-and-the-pentagon-is-taking-notes/

Sounds like Starlink has been beefed up.

 

[BigBlue1]

If the starlink internet is cheaper I will drop cable internet service

If you have access to reliable cable Internet I'm not sure why you would choose Starlink. Starlink is great but it does involve an up-front investment and the requirement to install it, typically on a roof. Which does involve a risk of lightning strike or other potential issues. It's a game changer for rural users who have no other options (or only things like cell hotspots or point-to-point wireless ISP) but I'd still use cable Internet if I had access.

 

[JethroB]

If you have access to reliable cable Internet I'm not sure why you would choose Starlink. Starlink is great but it does involve an up-front investment and the requirement to install it, typically on a roof. Which does involve a risk of lightning strike or other potential issues. It's a game changer for rural users who have no other options (or only things like cell hotspots or point-to-point wireless ISP) but I'd still use cable Internet if I had access.

Same here if cable were available. I did have two cable modems and two wired PC’s fried on different occasions when I was on cable years ago so cable is not immune to power spikes/lightening. I was slow to discover (duh on me) that the ground wire at the cable entrance panel had been cut during a siding replacement. $50 month then for 50 MB service vs StarLink‘s current $110.

 

[BigBlue1]

For sure, cable can have issues.

 

[cqaigy2]

We had a bit of an outage with starlink. An absolute deluge of slushy rain took it down for a few minutes. Left around an inch and a half of sloppy snowish like stuff on the ground.

 

[rekees4300]

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Starline secures its first in-flight Wi-Fi deal with a major US airline.

Starlink Secures Its First In-Flight Wi-Fi Deal With Major US Airline

 

[Roric]

I seemed to lose Starlink for a few miutes this morning.
A windows update occurred at the same time so I could not
determine what caused the outage.

A recap of my starlink adventure:

Ordered dish: Feb 2021
Notified that I could buy dish: Feb 2022
Paid for dish and ordered ethernet
adapter and roof mount: Feb 2022
Rec'd 2nd generation dish: Feb 2022
Started service (wifi): late Feb 2022
Received ethernet adapter: mid Mar 2022
Received roof mount: Apr 2022
Put into full sevice with wired and Wifi: Apr 2022

Prior to the Starlink commissioning, I used century-link DSL. At first
I was told I had 10mbs up/1mbs down. After a couple years, this was
"dumbed-down" to 8up/1down. Real best test speeds were (+/-) 6mbs/.5.
This service was often less than reliable and often had buffering when
streaming. We had no cable available and I had tried satellite when we
first moved out here, and that was a no go, buggy and undependable.

As the system stands, it has multiple devices including 4 ubiquity
access points, 3 garage door operators, phones, laptops, a watch,
ethernet switches, electrical and solar monitoring hardware. The
network will usually show 16 wired and wifi devices at most times.
The network covers the home and 2 garages.

The dish seems to be working great most of the time.

There was an outage this morning but I cannot figure if it was
starlink related or due to a Windows update event. Go figure.

Speeds tested after the outage (and a restart) were 280up/19down at 5am cst.
Speeds now, 10:40 am cst, are 156up/7.4down.

I am fairly happy with performance of the service. There have been fits
and starts, perplexing co-ordination issues with some devices, and some
outages. The dish has a nearly unobstructed view with minimal tree branches
to the west.

Although the dish is more expensive, it appears to be performing well and
it seems to handle streaming well. I don't watch any programs but others
in the house do.

Until any other hi-speed choices appear this will work for us.

 

[Roric]

Meant to say 280down/19up, 156down/7.4up

 

[BigBlue1]

Look in the Starlink app. It will tell you about outages (under Stats section, Outages button). That will confirm whether it was SL or your PC.

 

[dmccarty]

We have had Starlink since February and I had to power it off/on last Friday. That is pretty good since DSL and MoFi would require at least weekly, if not daily, resets. MoFi with Verizon has been broken for weeks now and we need to find some time to get it fixed. The wife spent a day on the phone with Verizon when it first failed, then they dropped her call, but the device started working. However, it was dead again in 24 hours. The lights are all correct but we can't connect to Verizon's network and a friend of ours has the same issue.

We want the Verizon connection as a backup to Starlink.

We just had a strong front move through and Starlink went down when we had a voltage issue. Really need to get the shelf fixed in the utility rooms so I can install the UPS..... Cant' blame that on Starlink.

Later,
Dan

 

[bdhsfz6]

Starlink just announced a portability option:

STARLINK Starlink is excited to announce Portability as an add-on feature for all Starlink customers. Portability enables customers to temporarily move their Starlink to new locations and receive high-speed internet anywhere where Starlink provides active coverage within the same continent. To see active coverage areas, please view the Starlink Availability Map. You can enable Portability for $25/month on your account page. Once enabled, Portability will take effect immediately, and you can disable Portability from your account page at any time. To learn more about Starlink Portability, please read our FAQ page. Thank you for being a Starlink customer! The Starlink team ​ Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne, CA 90250 Questions? See Starlink FAQs​

At $25/mo, it could be a cost effective option for vacationers

 

[forgeblast]

Starlink just announced a portability option:

​ ​ ​ STARLINK Starlink is excited to announce Portability as an add-on feature for all Starlink customers. Portability enables customers to temporarily move their Starlink to new locations and receive high-speed internet anywhere where Starlink provides active coverage within the same continent. To see active coverage areas, please view the Starlink Availability Map. You can enable Portability for $25/month on your account page. Once enabled, Portability will take effect immediately, and you can disable Portability from your account page at any time. To learn more about Starlink Portability, please read our FAQ page. Thank you for being a Starlink customer! The Starlink team ​ ​ Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne, CA 90250 Questions? See Starlink FAQs​

At $25/mo, it could be a cost effective option for vacationers

So if you had family/friend in a grid that had availablilty instead of wait, you could get them to buy the dish and add portability and have it at your house while you pay bill. That is until your ship came in. It might be worth a try.

 

[LouNY]

Interesting map, a narrow swath across upstate NY in the wait list area.
I've had mine for several months now and while the service is much better then what I had it's not as spectacular
as most post that it is.
And my location is in the wait listed area.

 

[LittleBill21]

Starlink just announced a portability option:

​ ​ ​ STARLINK Starlink is excited to announce Portability as an add-on feature for all Starlink customers. Portability enables customers to temporarily move their Starlink to new locations and receive high-speed internet anywhere where Starlink provides active coverage within the same continent. To see active coverage areas, please view the Starlink Availability Map. You can enable Portability for $25/month on your account page. Once enabled, Portability will take effect immediately, and you can disable Portability from your account page at any time. To learn more about Starlink Portability, please read our FAQ page. Thank you for being a Starlink customer! The Starlink team ​ ​ Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne, CA 90250 Questions? See Starlink FAQs​

At $25/mo, it could be a cost effective option for vacationers

pretty sure that 25 is on top of the normal price

 

[forgeblast]

pretty sure that 25 is on top of the normal price

it is, but that would only be 15$ more a month then 1.5mps frontier dsl......

 

[BigBlue1]

Yes, the $25 is definitely on top of the normal subscription. I don't think he implied otherwise. $25 more is still much less than getting a LTE hotspot or any other type of separate portable ISP.

I'm curious what, if anything, Starlink will do to facilitate this portability option for owners of the original round dish, which has a permanently attached cable. Un-installing that cable to the roof (or pole, whatever) would be infeasible to take the dish with you. People with the rectangular dish have it fairly easy... Just go up on the roof, disconnect the cable and then have a second cable to use when portable.

 

[LittleBill21]

it is, but that would only be 15$ more a month then 1.5mps frontier dsl......

you pay 130 dollars a month for dsl?

 

[forgeblast]

you pay 130 dollars a month for dsl?

I pay 115 a month, yes, its the only things available they have us over a barrel. There is no cell signal at our house.....

 

[LittleBill21]

I pay 115 a month, yes, its the only things available they have us over a barrel. There is no cell signal at our house.....

wow, its like 28 buck here. thats crazy.