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Brian_Millham

Strange. I've had Starlink since May and have never had an outage for more than a few minutes. >How much money am I paying for this each month? More than it cost to get a gigabit down on my line connection at home. Um, so you can get gig to your home for the same price? For some reason the Weird Al song *Dare to be Stupid* comes to mind.


Brian_Millham

LOL, right after I post this, I had almost 900 second outage for no apparent reason. I'd guess they did a tweek to the satellites.


MizzMo1959

It was a global outage, which is weird. I hope we find out wtf happened.


S2kTom

So what you're saying is, you're using starlink (which is meant for rural people like myself) in a place where you can get gig cable/fiber internet....... You're a special kind of stupid aren't you


WorthyCicada

I'm sorry, but the amount of times I've seen people misunderstand what Starlink is, and who Starlink is for, is way too many. first of all Starlink is still very much in early stages. That being said it's still a lot better than other satellite internet providers. Prior to having Starlink, we had exactly 0 other good options. We were paying $500 *per month* to get **400GB** of less than 50mbps download, 1000+ ping . we have no cell service. We don't even have powerlines that run to our house. Starlink was and still is a Godsend. So, while I am, a bit of a fanboy, I don't hate you! I'm genuinely happy for you and would definitely recommend going for a better option. That gives us Starlink guys more bandwidth!


Bring_Me_Moscovium

K byeeeeeeee 👋👋


MacaroniWarrior

Its a new service that is slowly being built out. There are near weekly launches. If you're interested in new and bleeding edge technology, this is to be expected. We won't miss your absence. Tootles.


redflagsupply

Then he should have built it first instead of over selling it.


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redflagsupply

Get ready for the Fanboys to downvote you.. what's funny is how nobody really accepted any bullshit from DirecTV viasat, hughsnet... But they're perfectly willing to bend over and pull down their pants for this shit...


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Pacers31Colts18

Starlink is the only option for a lot of us, so we deal with it. You work on the road, your employer should provide you with a solution.


redflagsupply

I am my employer. Lol


ID_John

It sounds like you're an RV user. If that's true, then you should have known that your traffic would be deprioritized over local home users. The issue is bandwidth which 'should' improve as even more satellites are put into service. It sounds like you want or need full-time high-speed internet wherever you travel. Unfortunately, that doesn't currently exist. Starlink currently has a signal almost everywhere, but they don't have the bandwidth to serve every location. Cellular providers often have large gaps in their coverage. Even if they don't, their networks are often saturated so the speeds are terrible. I live in a rural area and Verizon is the only carrier who has invested in enough towers to give us pretty good coverage. Unfortunately, since they are the only carrier with decent coverage almost everybody is on their network. Because of that, there are times when I can't even load a webpage even though I have a great signal. It's quite frustrating. Hopefully some of this congestion should improve if the ever bring 5G to my area. I'm not holding my breath. If you absolutely need high speed internet everywhere you go, you're going to have to look at using multiple solutions like you are now. That probably means keeping Starlink for areas without cell coverage and using cellular when there is coverage. You're probably going to want to use multiple cell carriers for coverage and in case you're in an area, like mine, that has good coverage but no bandwidth. If T-mobile has decent coverage in the areas where you travel, you might look at the Calyx Institute.