Starlink

Torvy · Sep 14, 2023

Fiber, you must be in the big city!

Out here there is nothing but satellite or cell service.

Fixastuff · Sep 14, 2023

Torvy said:
Fiber, you must be in the big city!

Out here there is nothing but satellite or cell service.

Sure, lets not start the who lives the farthest out contest.

That's how it was here until this year.

It was done as part of the rural fiber optic development project. I put the main line in on my street, it was pretty cool never thought we would get a good connection like this.

ultrarunner · Sep 14, 2023

For decades only a dish… no cell and for dish had to take down a number of trees until I got serious with Comcast.

My brother was in negotiations on a 450 home subdivision in the next county and Comcast was at the table eager to get in.

My brother provided these contact info and I got to work as the fiber ran down the county road to a distant subdivision and to the nearby volunteer firehouse and mercantile.

It cost almost 15k to bring in but I got it done.

ernemats · Sep 14, 2023

We signed a contract with Comcast over a year ago and still no service and very little information is available from Comcast. They claim pole permits is the hold up. Got tired waiting and got Starlink mobile as Starlink is not yet available in our area. With Starlink now I usually get around 50 to 80 mps down and at times it will be over 200 mps down much better than Verizon dsl usually around 2 mps down.

ultrarunner · Sep 14, 2023

I'm happy when I get 2 on my hotspot...

I could not get pole permits so all underground for me.

plowhog · Sep 15, 2023

LouNY said:
No noticeable speed changes for me, I haven't bothered running a speed test.

Got to my CA property last night. So I ran a SL speedtest here.. First test since global outage.

About 5am it was 12mbps. ???? Just now it was 160mbps, about 90 minutes later. Makes no sense.

Now I wonder which neighbor was downloading p-o-r-n at 5am.

Torvy · Sep 18, 2023

Ordered the mobile version last night. I was talking to my POC at our builder and she said it works well for them. Their house is bigger and they have kiddos at home that eat bandwidth. Should be a week or two.

ponytug · Sep 18, 2023

Torvy said:
Ordered the mobile version last night. I was talking to my POC at our builder and she said it works well for them. Their house is bigger and they have kiddos at home that eat bandwidth. Should be a week or two.

POC? Point of contact?

Have you tried the app to scout for obstructions yet at the site(s) you want for the antenna?

All the best,

Peter

ultrarunner · Sep 18, 2023

I’m in the boondocks in Washington right now and the location is sea level surrounded by elevation except for small inlet.

My work around is to use the T-Mobil phone as a hot spot on the upstairs bedroom window sill at a tilted angle and then from no bars I have 2 bars.

Since any movement loses signal I use it as hotspot for the Verizon phone and it all works…

Actually have to do this at the Oakland residence too…

I know it is said most of the time providers share towers but with 3 different carriers I get 3 different results in the hinterland…

Torvy · Sep 18, 2023

ponytug said:
POC? Point of contact?

Have you tried the app to scout for obstructions yet at the site(s) you want for the antenna?

All the best,

Peter

Yes, point of contact.

I should do that. The only obstructions around here are my buildings and trees. No big elevation issues.

Torvy · Sep 18, 2023

Torvy said:
Yes, point of contact.

I should do that. The only obstructions around here are my buildings and trees. No big elevation issues.

Ok, just randomly tried some spots in the yard. 7% obstruction. I was going to mount it on the shop roof (16' at shoulder). What kind of number and I trying to hit?

ponytug · Sep 18, 2023

Torvy said:
Ok, just randomly tried some spots in the yard. 7% obstruction. I was going to mount it on the shop roof (16' at shoulder). What kind of number and I trying to hit?

To get reliable answers, you need to have the phone exactly where you intend to mount the antenna. So, if you want to mount it on your shop roof, I would get out the ladder and hold the phone up 24" or so, and try it there.

I tried a number of places on the my roofs, and discovered that the optimal position wasn't where I thought it would be due to tilted nature of the antenna, and the preferred orientation. The goal is 0%.

I mounted mine off of a roof rafter with this mount which is rock solid. I really like it. I used Dishy with a bolt in this mount and then upgraded to the Starlink pole mount adapter that is more solid.
Amazon.com

All the best,

Peter

ernemats · Sep 20, 2023

Got email today from Starlink my order is ready to ship. I currently have Starlink Roam what is the best thing to do. I sent message to Starlink to see about converting my current Roam to Residential

Torvy · Sep 21, 2023

I got an email saying it shipped last night. Tracking shows it could arrive today. If the map is right, it's already in the nearest town (which is odd, since it is still far from anything resembling a city). Under-promise over-deliver, I guess. Now I have to learn what I got myself into.

NoTrespassing · Sep 21, 2023

Torvy said:
I got an email saying it shipped last night. Tracking shows it could arrive today. If the map is right, it's already in the nearest town (which is odd, since it is still far from anything resembling a city). Under-promise over-deliver, I guess. Now I have to learn what I got myself into.

If you just use it with the equipment supplied like we do it's a piece of cake to set up. I don't know the first thing about networking, routers, etc. but I had no problems. I've only had one noticeable outage and I have zero obstructions from my porch roof.

Torvy · Sep 21, 2023

NoTrespassing said:
If you just use it with the equipment supplied like we do it's a piece of cake to set up. I don't know the first thing about networking, routers, etc. but I had no problems. I've only had one noticeable outage and I have zero obstructions from my porch roof.

Mine house is surrounded by 12+ year old loblolly pines. Lots of obstruction. Elevation is pretty flat around here, but lots of trees.

I hope I can get it running. I'm literally sitting in my truck so I can connect to the internet. No cell service in buildings. The house is pre-wired for internet, so once I get it working, I don't have to use wifi for most of my devices.

LouNY · Sep 21, 2023

Torvy said:
Mine house is surrounded by 12+ year old loblolly pines. Lots of obstruction. Elevation is pretty flat around here, but lots of trees.

I hope I can get it running. I'm literally sitting in my truck so I can connect to the internet. No cell service in buildings. The house is pre-wired for internet, so once I get it working, I don't have to use wifi for most of my devices.

Did you get the adapter that interfaces with your router and the Starlink wifi router. Or, have they changed their supplied router to provide an Ethernet connection?

ernemats · Sep 21, 2023

Got an email from Starlink within an hour from when I sent in a request and they are converting my Roam to standard residential within 24 hours

ponytug · Sep 21, 2023

Torvy said:
Mine house is surrounded by 12+ year old loblolly pines. Lots of obstruction. Elevation is pretty flat around here, but lots of trees.

I hope I can get it running. I'm literally sitting in my truck so I can connect to the internet. No cell service in buildings. The house is pre-wired for internet, so once I get it working, I don't have to use wifi for most of my devices.

Try and see. You can even start with the antenna on table. Again, your phone is your best buddy for figuring out where the best location is. With trees in the area, getting the antenna location toward the southeast so that the antenna has a better view north/northwest across whatever home clearing you have may help.

All the best,

Peter