chrismenke
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Got one for my rural bar and one for my boat...yep, game changing.
Sent my DSL equipment bank in the empty Starlink box.
Sent my DSL equipment bank in the empty Starlink box.
Finally, decent internet with Starlink
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pcmeiners
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Feel for you guy out the rural areas or with DSL Glad you now have a much better option. I was extremely lucky in my rural PA home, as I have a couple of big wigs down the road so I have fiber. Now if a Terminator show up at your door, you have Skynet Not Starlink.
Identaltech
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We've had Starlink for a year and a half. beats CenturyLink. I set it up and never had to touch it again.
Cairo94507
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Thinking of all of the things our government wastes money on, on a daily basis, making sure rural areas have Internet is not even close to being on the list.
Classic!
jfleisher
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lazyriverrat
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Honestly, didn't have to wait too long for mine. It is definitely a game changer. Would likely go to fiber if they ever decide to go by my house. My main concern is equipment failure. Don't think they are going to send me a new dishy overnight if mine is damaged by wind or hail.
I have internet in the shop now that the SL system is up. With the AT&T at “up to 3mbps” it wasn’t worth trying to get it to the shop 100’ away. I dragged the SL modem around the house and found a good spot tht lights up the side yard and gives me full signal in the shop. I took the Sonos out yesterday and it was great. I have Enphase micro inverters on my solar system, but have not been able to get the system on line so I have been unable to see panel performance for 2+ yrs. I have to figure out the app and finally I can get the system on line.
BuyMyGarage
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In Michigan, I have a MIFi for work use (ATT) and a MIFI 800 (4g or less?) for home use(Sprint). Just ran a speed test, I'm 5.32 Mbps up and 4 down on the work device, which is about average. The sprint one is usually much slower.
Signed up for StarLink on Feb 27, 2021, just got an email stating It will be mid 2023 at least as my area is saturated with traffic. Also stated, for the same price, I could have a restricted use version (throttles me for more important people).
The home MIFI loses connection at least 10 times a day, ranging from 5 min to more than an hour. Complained to Sprint again on Monday, they sent a new Inseego M2000 mifi. says 5g. Closest 5g is at least 20 miles. Might install it this weekend, but I'm not holding my breath.
Comcast fiber and Uverse are across the street (different township), For years Comcast said they wont cross the street, then they finally agreed. Cost is over 6k to run the fiber
Elon *****
Sprint *****
ATT sends a snail mail postcard about once a month asking me to sign up for their fiber (across the street), When I enter my address it says not available. For the last few years.
ATT *****
Signed up for StarLink on Feb 27, 2021, just got an email stating It will be mid 2023 at least as my area is saturated with traffic. Also stated, for the same price, I could have a restricted use version (throttles me for more important people).
The home MIFI loses connection at least 10 times a day, ranging from 5 min to more than an hour. Complained to Sprint again on Monday, they sent a new Inseego M2000 mifi. says 5g. Closest 5g is at least 20 miles. Might install it this weekend, but I'm not holding my breath.
Comcast fiber and Uverse are across the street (different township), For years Comcast said they wont cross the street, then they finally agreed. Cost is over 6k to run the fiber
Elon *****
Sprint *****
ATT sends a snail mail postcard about once a month asking me to sign up for their fiber (across the street), When I enter my address it says not available. For the last few years.
ATT *****
Innovate1
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Is that bundled with other stuff? I got starlink and it's great but $20/mo is interesting. I don't have many choices but I have good Verizon signal (confirmed by others that have Verizon cell phone). If their system is overloaded here and slow is another question.
Jeff C
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I was wrong… $25/mo bundled with our cell phones.
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Innovate1
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Well, their site says it's not available at my address. I have a good verizon signal here so not sure why not.
TrdLtly
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I live on the other side of BFE MO and have had Starlink for about 9 months. Love it. Huge improvement over the local wireless (Aptitude) service. Worth $110? Yes because options are minimal for true broadband.
uratool
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I've posted on several threads here regarding our Starlink experience. We got in early on beta and had/have no other broadband options, its been reliable and fast. The one downside is it's not cheap at $110/mo but still a no brainer given the lack of other options.
jfleisher
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Anyone remember Starband? I was one of their first 100 customers… 1.5mbit/256k 
en.wikipedia.org
StarBand - Wikipedia
couch67
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I am glad to hear that this service is working out for most folks on this site. I considered it as I have few options, but at the last minute a new 4/5 g home service became available, and I signed up. I'm not sure why but my Reddit feed is streaming more and more users who are having horrible experiences. Probably fed from my internet provider lol.
Northislander
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Applied the day they announced the Beta program received the first generation round dish in February 2021 upgraded to the second generation rectangular dish in spring this year. Had xplornet before lucky to get 5 mps now consistently over 100 mps and sometimes over 200 mps. except for 3 PM to 7 PM it can drop to 40 mps at times. extremely happy $ 156.00 a month up here north of the border
Slednut
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Your speed is really good but your latency is worse than our company's 50x10 DSL circuits. Finding a company that has a direct connection to the cloud is hard these days.
Starlink is great except for the latency, it horrible.
Here's my gig circuit which is way too fast no matter how many kids you have.
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BruceMc
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Signed up back in Feb. '21 and finally got my confirmation email tonight. Might be coincidence, but while searching earlier today I ran across this cool shot taken in Fairbanks back in September. A 'train' of Starlink satellites still in low enough orbit to be seen against the Aurora -
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Wow! Shiny SpaceX Starlink satellites soar with glowing aurora in stunning video
The SpaceX Starlink satellites had launched a few days earlier and were very visible flying low over Alaska.
HenryAZ
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We saw two side by side trains last week, here in AZ. Sent us scurrying to a search engine to make sure they were not military surveillance, or aliens.
nolimits76
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I’m not sure I buy into the gimmick part but there is “normal” 5G and then “enhanced” 5G. Depending on the provider, I believe they use different naming conventions.
Shortly after getting 5G and 5G capable phones, we rolled into a Chipotle parking lot one night to pick up an order to go. I noticed I had whatever Verizon called their enhanced 5G. Popped open speed test app and pulled over 1gb down on my phone. Very impressive as I’ve never got that on wireless at my house on either 1gb cable or 1gb fiber lines. Wired yes, but not wirelessly.
We moved out of state to a more rural area. Thankful for 1gb fiber in the home but cell phone coverage is spotty as you travel around. Verizon ***** here and can’t get any 5G. We switched to T-Mobile who has superior service. Given past experiences I can’t believe that came out of my mouth but it seems 5G was a game changer for them.
Anyhow ran a speed test this AM under T-Mobile 5G UC which is their enhanced. I find myself in UC quite often although I don’t always get 4 bars. Not shabby for being tucked in my house and only 2 bars.
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hot_rod4
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Your situation is identical to mine. I caved and signed up for the "Best Effort" and must say I am pleased so far. Now I am not knocking down the 150-200mps that some are getting, seems most times I check its around 30mps but coming from hot spotting ATT devices thats more than triple the speeds I would get on a good day. Hopefully it will improve with time as the system is upgraded.
tdkkart
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I'd be happy if T-mobile could just get my phones working again. Since they upgraded our local towers to 5G the signal level has gone to hell, to the point where we can't hardly send a text many days.
The reviews I've seen on StarLink are mixed. If it works, it works great, if not, you are screwed.
Hey, I'm paying full price and those are the speeds I'm getting.
Personally I don't think they're really prioritizing one type of subscriber over the other, just an excuse to add customers and not have them complain about not meeting the advertised speeds (which aren't guaranteed anyway)
My Old Tools
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All 3 major cell carriers now offer home internet via 4G/5G. We use T-Mobile 5G. Speeds run 140mb/s.
reader2580
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Starlink now has an in-motion offering really intended for RVs and boats. I looked into it and I see they charge $2,500 for equipment! If the equipment was only $599 I would almost certainly buy it for my motorhome. They also charge an extra $25 a month for RVs plus they only offer best effort for RVs. The $135 per month is not an issue for me as the number of months per year would be small.