It's not a bad price for what you get, but it's hugely overkill for what's needed. We were paying $35 a month for 2mbps, and it did everything we needed it to.
two. two mbps?
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It's not a bad price for what you get, but it's hugely overkill for what's needed. We were paying $35 a month for 2mbps, and it did everything we needed it to.
One thing I didn't see on their site is if there are data caps. All other wireless / satellite providers have them, so I would imagine Starlink does too.
If so, the $1,200 per year isn't so good.
Amen.am i the only one thinking $99 a month for what you get isn't that bad
I remember when these fuckers came across my sky one night.... It freaked us the fuck out.... Then they happened again 15 mins later
mine. no. bossman has a lake house and legit can't get satellite/cable/internet/antenna, fucking anything...
The $100 might not seem that steep for some, but there are some people living in rural areas for a reason, like limited budget, like my retired dad. His crap DSL is $20/mo tacked on to his landline. That’s a significant jump for him.
I already told him if it stays at $100 that I’ll cover half of it, just to get him some speed that is relevant to post-AOL days.
The $100 might not seem that steep for some, but there are some people living in rural areas for a reason, like limited budget, like my retired dad. His crap DSL is $20/mo tacked on to his landline. That’s a significant jump for him.
I already told him if it stays at $100 that I’ll cover half of it, just to get him some speed that is relevant to post-AOL days.
On a good day he might get about 1Mbps down and 200kbps up. The telecom infrastructure there is a good 50-60 years old and was inferior to begin with.i mean, does he really need 100mbps internet then?
$99/month is a great price. It's crazy how many areas in this country still cant get more than dialup or basic DSL, this is such a game changer. I think if remote work keeps the pace we are seeing, even more people will leave the cities.
On a good day he might get about 1Mbps down and 200kbps up. The telecom infrastructure there is a good 50-60 years old and was inferior to begin with.
If they offer a lower package, like 25/10 that’d be fine to at least do a video call. Haven’t seen him in months cause of the rona. Used to go down every few weeks, and he’s not getting any younger.
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I think the interesting thing is this will drive more true competition across the broadband space. Which can hopefully drive pricing down and service levels up. If you live in an area that only has comcast or DSL they have almost no reason to try and be less shitty.
I can tell my one director lives in bufu because his calls are constantly fucked due to compression. It is almost unbearable to listen to.Zoom internet speed requirements
According to Zoom’s website, these are the internet bandwidth requirements for different kinds of Zoom calls.
For 1:1 video calling:
- 600kbps (up/down) for high quality video
- 1.2 Mbps (up/down) for 720p HD video
- Receiving 1080p HD video requires 1.8 Mbps (up/down)
- Sending 1080p HD video requires 1.8 Mbps (up/down)
I can tell my one director lives in bufu because his calls are constantly fucked due to compression. It is almost unbearable to listen to.
The only option I have where I'm at is satellite, I guess there's the mobile hotspot option too. There are no LoS options unless I build a 60'+ tower and even then it suffers from low cap issues. Satellite has too much latency and a kinda low cap (not to mention my experiences with viasat/exede are so bad it makes Comcast and AT&T look like angels), hotspot has a super low cap but at least latency is tolerable. Starlink is really the only hope I have in the near future for decent internet. I'm transitioning as far as employment goes and one option I'd have if I were to work remote is to rent out an empty storefront or other empty commercial space in a small town around here (there seem to be a ton, and they're generally really cheap) and get broadband at that office. That's several hundred a month for all that right there (but still worth it to work remotely with CoL so low out here). If Starlink shows up and has caps that don't suck, it'd likely replace that need altogether as I could just set up a dedicated office at home. So it would be a win from the working perspective and a win for personal internet compared to the current options.
Not gonna lie, it does really suck not having a good internet option. Video calls take up a lot of my data (and there are lots of those in interview processes these days), can't have a console as the game downloads can be literally several months worth of my hotspot, streaming is not an option minus being able to mirror phone screens, etc... Having shit internet does kinda suck. Still wouldn't move back to the city or burbs though.
I signed up for the beta a while ago so hopefully I get something from them before too long.
About halfway between Pontiac and Chenoa.where are you at?
1Mbps is not enough, we’ve tried it.1mbps could do a video call... it's not going to be HD but it could definitely do that.
but past that, is he not a cell phone guy? you could easily get him a cell phone to video chat with and be good to go...