The Official, Super Deluxe, Mega BS Starlink Thread

Nah, all told that's 38 seconds of downtime in six hours of internet that is way faster than HughesNet. I'd take beta Starlink over my old HughesNet all day everyday, it isn't even a close competition.

 

Beta starlink is pretty good.

 

Now this is an endorsement that can hold it's own

 

Just set it up at the parent's. No problems watching streaming content, vid calls are a bit jumpy occasionally but functional enough, and that's on a temporary mount on top of the truck. Gotta get a real pole set up for it, but beyond that... good stuff.

 

I can't wait to do the same at my parents.

 

Guess it doesn’t matter if we don’t have it but:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1433108018413981698?s=21

 

So.. they're probably not going to invest more money into more ground stations. I'm glad I cashed out, will try again if and when. Meantime HughesNet has upped their game, and since we're not power users, it'll suffice. Looking at the satellite map, all I can say is.. wow, such empty. Sure looks like they're after the population centers. Lotsa people farther south than us now participating.

 

Ground Station locations are based on fiber routes to be close to internet switching hubs to minimize latency. There aren’t many of those that have multiple carrier networks (Lumen, Verizon, etc) in sparsely populated areas.

 

Plus the next round of satellites will be able to communicate with each other and not need ground station links. Yep, Elon is definitely not investing anymore money into this.

 

It’s got to be balanced. If there’s a gap contributing to ‘huge’ latency, they’ll probably drop in a ground station where it makes sense.

 

5,000 a week???

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-dish-production-figures-upgrade-plans/

 

"It'll be out of Beta in Oct" whatever that is supposed to do for us..

 

Ready for my space internet!

 

I’m thinking we’ll get the V2 edition of the Dish..

 

The app now has a speed test that checks both your device's connection and the direct speed at the router. My router is in a weather proof box outside of my house through three walls from where I did this test.

 

This is disappointing.

https://twitter.com/vincent13031925/status/1452400551291801600?s=21

 

Why?

They likely have a base station in country and it's a little smaller than the US

 

Starlink processed my payment on 2/9/21, crickets since.

 

Processed the deposit? that makes sense its a refundable deposit to hold your position in line. Not a promise to give you service when they take the money.