Starlink

[ZXMustang]

I pay $108 a month for Frontier Fiber 1g up and down. Its glorious.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

I pay $108 a month for Frontier Fiber 1g up and down. Its glorious.

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And a significant amount of TCG members hate your every fiber of being for it, but in a good way.

 

[Rdrnnr]

Co.ing from a guy that's already on expensive ass satellite internet after the setup thats cheeaaapppp

 

[Rdrnnr]

She has Hughes Net

This is the speed I got on it just now.

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Huguenot is throttled trash my kids couldn't even watch Netflix in two screens

 

[Flyn]

I ran a speed test and get 233 down, 10 up. Not bad for regular Crapcast. It's not 1GB but it handles everything we need. That huge upload speed would be nice.

 

[FESTER665]

Getting more satellites out into orbit....

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

am i the only one thinking $99 a month for what you get isn't that bad

Its not that bad when the other only option is current satellite. Then its a steal.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Man, some of the smaller ISPs that were competing for federal funding are really butthurt with Starlink.

I just made a typo and had a thought. If you view porn via this ISP can it be called StarKink? ?

SpaceX Starlink passes 10,000 users and fights opposition to FCC funding

Electric co-ops say Starlink is "experimental" and shouldn't get FCC money.

arstechnica.com

 

[ragingclue]

Just got an email saying to expect it here mid to late 2021, put 99 down for my place in line about 2 mins after I received the order availability email. I should sit ok in the queue I think. Can't wait.

 

[Gone_2022]

Haven’t ordered mine yet but they said it’s available for my area now. I think I’ll wait another year for the main bugs to be worked out. The current internet provider out here actually isn’t bad. Only 30-40mbps but it runs everything I need to. No issues yet and they are a local small business so I like supporting them.

 

[ragingclue]

Its initial rollout wouldn't even be a sidegrade for a lot of people. But for some with GSO only as an option (or wireless providers), this is a godsend.

As for the hughesnet speedtest posted prior, this is impossible unless we've bent the fourth dimension. The 57ms latency doesn't make sense. Unless I missed something recently, Hughesnet is GSO only and you're going to be lucky to get 500ms+ latency due to the distance alone. GSO internet is such shit and the companies know they've got every subscriber hostage as they have no other option. Now Amazon is working on an LEO solution as well. Life will be better soon for us in the boonies I think.

 

[Flyn]

Waiting for the price wars that Elon will win because he's Elon. I'd love to see a plan that's the opposite of Crapcast and rewards long time customers with lower prices instead of giving newbies the better pricing.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Waiting for the price wars that Elon will win because he's Elon. I'd love to see a plan that's the opposite of Crapcast and rewards long time customers with lower prices instead of giving newbies the better pricing.

I’d like to see pricing to compete against Metronet, $80/mo for synchronous gigabit.

I got the email too. Might sign up for my dad to get him a place in line.

 

[Rdrnnr]

You guys don't have to pay for satellite internet out in the sticks huh. 175 a month for like 25 megs I think. The other company throttles the piss out of it so ill take the 25 lol

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

I’ve heard nothing not bad things about satellite internet in HEO.

I look forward to what the LEO can do.

I’d forward this to my dad, but he seems to have a bit of an ice and power problem at this time. Too much ice knocking out his power. Been out for two days.

 

[Rdrnnr]

Been a hell of a week for that, glad frozen pipes and heat pump after a couple hour blackout was the worst of it. Dish didn't ice up tho. I'm on viasat til starlink comes up out here. It's pretty reliable and for the 25 claimed megs it really hasn't ever had an issue with me running my office while the kids have 4 movies and 2 tablets goin so I can't hate much but the price of it. And the ping. It made me give up the ps4 pretty quick

 

[Stink Star]

Its initial rollout wouldn't even be a sidegrade for a lot of people. But for some with GSO only as an option (or wireless providers), this is a godsend.

As for the hughesnet speedtest posted prior, this is impossible unless we've bent the fourth dimension. Wifi is on and thus the 57ms latency makes sense. Hughesnet is GSO only and you're going to be lucky to get 500ms+ latency due to the distance alone. GSO internet is such shit and the companies know they've got every subscriber hostage as they have no other option. Now Amazon is working on an LEO solution as well. Life will be better soon for us in the boonies I think.

Amazon is “working on it”

meanwhile Blue origin hasn’t even reached orbit yet. If they can’t even get the satellites into space how are they supposed to beat Starlink?

 

[ragingclue]

Amazon is “working on it”

meanwhile Blue origin hasn’t even reached orbit yet. If they can’t even get the satellites into space how are they supposed to beat Starlink?

What?

Who said anything about beating Starlink? I was simply mentioning the fact that they're working on a solution as well. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[b00sted]

Sounds like SpaceX has revised the geographical areas they're covering now. People in far SW Michigan have been getting the satellites - sooner than I expected.

 

[Stink Star]

What?

Who said anything about beating Starlink? I was simply mentioning the fact that they're working on a solution as well. Nothing more, nothing less.

im not saying you did. Just building on your initial comment. Point is if anybody is gonna wait for the Amazon satellite internet constellation, it’s going to be a long long wait

 

[Nccstud]

At this point. This might be my best bet since Mediacom can't give me latency between 20 and 40ms consistently. In far from being in the sticks, but this might do the trick for me

 

[PANDA]

Good to see comcast competition. My only other option at my house is directTV I think and its not as good as Starlink.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Any of you guys get starlink yet? I just signed up for the new house. Depending how quick it shows up I’m just going to get Comcast prepaid internet so I’m not locked into a contract, or go a couple weeks without internet if it shows up quick.

I’d be looking at $80/mo from Comcast anyways and having to get in a yearly knife fight over the phone about prices going up.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Any of you guys get starlink yet? I just signed up for the new house. Depending how quick it shows up I’m just going to get Comcast prepaid internet so I’m not locked into a contract, or go a couple weeks without internet if it shows up quick.

I’d be looking at $80/mo from Comcast anyways and having to get in a yearly knife fight over the phone about prices going up.

I placed the order feb 18th for my boss's house in the UP and it's been crickets since.

this was their last email:

Starlink will begin offering service in your area beginning mid to late 2021. Orders will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis. You will be notified via email prior to shipment, and you will be charged the remainder of your balance once your kit ships.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Any of you guys get starlink yet? I just signed up for the new house. Depending how quick it shows up I’m just going to get Comcast prepaid internet so I’m not locked into a contract, or go a couple weeks without internet if it shows up quick.

I’d be looking at $80/mo from Comcast anyways and having to get in a yearly knife fight over the phone about prices going up.

I ordered February 9th for Wisconsin and still haven't heard anything.....