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Starlink — what’s the latest impressions
Posted on 8/11/23 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 8/11/23 at 3:38 pm
Rather than jump the old thread(s), I decide to create a new one.
After a deposit close to 2 years ago, multiple delays, offer of “best effort” service, they’ve finally indicated that I’m eligible for service. How is it performing nowadays? Has quality diminished now that they’ve added so many more accounts?
After a deposit close to 2 years ago, multiple delays, offer of “best effort” service, they’ve finally indicated that I’m eligible for service. How is it performing nowadays? Has quality diminished now that they’ve added so many more accounts?
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Posted on 8/11/23 at 4:20 pm to turkish
We bought one for our house in mexico. Works great. Obviously not as fast as fiber, but it kicks arse
Posted on 8/11/23 at 4:57 pm to turkish
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After a deposit close to 2 years ago, multiple delays, offer of “best effort” service, they’ve finally indicated that I’m eligible for service
I’ve helped some people install a few in areas that service was not offered. Used Starlink Roam
They get a consistent 75+mbs. they both run 3-4 zones of sonos and multiple 4k tv streams no problem.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 7:33 pm to turkish
Compared to the alternatives, it’s great.
But it’s far from perfect or ideal. We’ve definitely added a fair amount of users in our area.
I consistently get 30-50mbps. 70+ on a good day with minimal users and non-peak hours. Peak speed can hit 120 or so, but that’s rare.
Obviously, it fails during heavy thunderstorms. Probably better than other satellite service, but it’ll still lose all connections.
Just ran a speed test and got 17 mbps up and 15 mbps down. Now, that’s with one streaming on the TV and another in my kids room, so not terrible. But far from the consistent 150+ we initially saw on the roll out.
If I had any alternatives for a land based option that was 50+, I’d switch right away.
But it’s far from perfect or ideal. We’ve definitely added a fair amount of users in our area.
I consistently get 30-50mbps. 70+ on a good day with minimal users and non-peak hours. Peak speed can hit 120 or so, but that’s rare.
Obviously, it fails during heavy thunderstorms. Probably better than other satellite service, but it’ll still lose all connections.
Just ran a speed test and got 17 mbps up and 15 mbps down. Now, that’s with one streaming on the TV and another in my kids room, so not terrible. But far from the consistent 150+ we initially saw on the roll out.
If I had any alternatives for a land based option that was 50+, I’d switch right away.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:50 am to LSUtigerME
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If I had any alternatives for a land based option that was 50+, I’d switch right away.
I think this is the important takeaway and what a lot of people lost sight of in the early hype. Starlink is great tech, but it’s still satellite, with all the negatives that come with it. It has two primary purposes: bring high speed internet to areas that don’t have it and to act as a challenger in areas that are being abused by a monopoly provider. If you’re in either of those situations, it’s a paradigm changer. If you’re not, it’s simply an ok option for ok internet.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 11:01 pm to TheOcean
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We bought one for our house in mexico.
Where in Mexico?
Posted on 8/13/23 at 10:31 am to turkish
I’ve got a client that uses them at 5 different remote sites and is very pleased. The low latency is a huge plus. His uptime is great. He highly recommends.
He doesn’t employ site to site VPN but uses client VPN when they need a secure connection. Most everything is Teams and O365 without any issues.
On his recommendation, I’m considering employing them at remote greenfield industrial construction sites where we won’t have any initial ISP available y til further into the schedule.
He doesn’t employ site to site VPN but uses client VPN when they need a secure connection. Most everything is Teams and O365 without any issues.
On his recommendation, I’m considering employing them at remote greenfield industrial construction sites where we won’t have any initial ISP available y til further into the schedule.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 11:26 am to turkish
Been great as backup at the house, and couldn’t be beat this year for tailgating. Was a complete godsend when we went to the in-laws for hurricane cleanup. No cell service but we could still make calls on Wi-Fi.
Speeds have improved but peak times are still hit and miss.
Speeds have improved but peak times are still hit and miss.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 1:32 pm to turkish
I’ve been using Starlink for 14 months. I usually get 40-50 Mbps down and 10-15 up.
This is my only option as I’m in a very rural location and am not able to access any of the cell internet services.
We often have 3 different streams going on at the same time. I’ve buffered less than 10 times.
Spectrum is available across the road from my property but because it was installed by grant, they won’t cross parish lines.
For me, Starlink has been great. It is certainly better than the HughesNet and ViaSat I’ve had before.
This is my only option as I’m in a very rural location and am not able to access any of the cell internet services.
We often have 3 different streams going on at the same time. I’ve buffered less than 10 times.
Spectrum is available across the road from my property but because it was installed by grant, they won’t cross parish lines.
For me, Starlink has been great. It is certainly better than the HughesNet and ViaSat I’ve had before.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 6:33 pm to turkish
When we sold our old house and was looking for another one, we lived in our 5th wheel. At the RV park (not a trashy one), there was no internet. I wound up using the Starlink RV service. It served us well. We could all stream and didn't have too many buffering issues.
I'm fixing to set it up at our land in South Arkansas, but will need to mount it on top of power pole, which is about 50 ft high. Have to do that to clear some trees. I'm ready to get internet down there so I can stream and watch YTTV, especially since football season is upon us.
So, to echo what other have said...it's a very good/great option for those of us with no other internet options. There's no way I'd mess around with Hughes Net.
I'm fixing to set it up at our land in South Arkansas, but will need to mount it on top of power pole, which is about 50 ft high. Have to do that to clear some trees. I'm ready to get internet down there so I can stream and watch YTTV, especially since football season is upon us.
So, to echo what other have said...it's a very good/great option for those of us with no other internet options. There's no way I'd mess around with Hughes Net.
Posted on 8/13/23 at 8:24 pm to CajunSportsman
Tulum...close to PDC/cozumel
Posted on 8/14/23 at 9:18 am to turkish
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Has quality diminished now that they’ve added so many more accounts?
the whole reason so many areas are ineligible is b/c they don't want the quality to diminish. They don't have enough satellites in orbit yet.
They are all about word of mouth advertising, so they want to be certain if you are using their product that your are getting the expected performance.
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