I'm rural and on starlink, it's amazing. There's constantly at least one satellite overhead and your dish is constantly dropping and connecting to the next one as they fly overhead
99/mo. That’s the across the board price. My old cable company raised my rates and speed without my knowledge, from $65-$125 to give free internet to homes with kids, and to buy them iPads. I’m not opposed to helping the poor, just not a fan of thievery either. I’m on a $60 per mo promo ending soon and my service costs will go back to $120/mo. Of course I’m leaving them anyways.
Ah, thank you for that information. I am paying $57 and change for cable--unfortunately Concast. It's not cheap for me but it's that or DSL and I'm not sure it comes to this building.
Not at all, it constantly tracks whatever is in the sky. The dish cost $500 but rumor is they cost $2k to make. It's a slick piece of equipment, it even melts snow and ice build up
When you first sign up, I think you put $99 down. Then when there is an an opening in your area it's $500 more for the dish and $99 for service. After that it's $99 a month for service, no dl limits or anything. And no choices for other packages just a flat 99 a month
Also, you literally set the dish anywhere, and plug it in, then plug the router in. As long as you have a clear northern view, the dish will rotate itself north and you'll be getting 200+ mbps 5 minutes after opening the box
How about satellite delay? Is there a long lag between when you type something and get the response? I know from long ago, modems over telco satellite links didn't live long.
I'm rural and on starlink, it's amazing. There's constantly at least one satellite overhead and your dish is constantly dropping and connecting to the next one as they fly overhead
I just got it, fast AF. I've not had issues while gaming on it. Well over 200 Mbps.
Same here, before starlink our only options were hughesnet or 10mbps wifi. I play rocket league online with zero issues now
I had good service with a sub-company of Comcast, Breezeline. F them. They also had trash customer service.
hows the ping though
~40ms
thats not too bad for satelite, honestly.
How does it compare in price to the usual suspects...cable, DSL?
99/mo. That’s the across the board price. My old cable company raised my rates and speed without my knowledge, from $65-$125 to give free internet to homes with kids, and to buy them iPads. I’m not opposed to helping the poor, just not a fan of thievery either. I’m on a $60 per mo promo ending soon and my service costs will go back to $120/mo. Of course I’m leaving them anyways.
Ah, thank you for that information. I am paying $57 and change for cable--unfortunately Concast. It's not cheap for me but it's that or DSL and I'm not sure it comes to this building.
Does it drop your internet connection when it switches satellites?
Not at all, it constantly tracks whatever is in the sky. The dish cost $500 but rumor is they cost $2k to make. It's a slick piece of equipment, it even melts snow and ice build up
Do you just pay for the satellite? Theres gotta be monthy fees right?
When you first sign up, I think you put $99 down. Then when there is an an opening in your area it's $500 more for the dish and $99 for service. After that it's $99 a month for service, no dl limits or anything. And no choices for other packages just a flat 99 a month
Also, you literally set the dish anywhere, and plug it in, then plug the router in. As long as you have a clear northern view, the dish will rotate itself north and you'll be getting 200+ mbps 5 minutes after opening the box
No. Seamless transition. I'm in NH.
How about satellite delay? Is there a long lag between when you type something and get the response? I know from long ago, modems over telco satellite links didn't live long.
I have Gigabit cable service that I'm cancelling. I don't notice a difference between the two.
It should be seamless from what I heard. Like a relay race. Or like current cell towers just a lot more advanced.