Anybody using it? If so, do you have any issues?
I currently an the last house on ATT DSL. I have been considering an upgrade but the only viable option I have is starlink.
I have not used it. My understanding is COST is the major issue.
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I’ve watched some YouTube videos with RV’ers that have it and they say it works great, but it is expensive. Around $600 for the equipment and close to $100 a month.
I’m on Starlink right now, just started a 3 month RV trip, Colorado for September.
I suppose for home service it’s pricey but for me it’s bargain at $150 a month. Campgrounds have Wi-Fi but generally it’s weak or non existent. I just ran a test, getting 126 mbps down and 11 mbps up. Not Fiber numbers but enough for girlfriend to work and me to watch porn.
There is a sale now, think the dish is 40% off but that could be regional or zip code dependent.
currently $299 for equipment and $120/mo.
It is not much more than I am currently paying. I have no problem with the $300 equipment if it really is better.
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Do you have a special dish for RV or do you take the home one with you?
I have the mobile plan and the V3 dish that goes on houses. The V3 is the current dish and is supposed to see through trees and clouds a little better. I pay $150 a month and nice thing is I can suspend the plan for a month or longer if I’m not using it. I didn’t use it for two months, just fired it up yesterday.
They make a dish for RVer and luxury yachts that will operate in motion, the dish will rotate to keep a signal. I have no use for that and it’s cost prohibitive I think.
At the same time?
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If my girlfriend is REALLY going to work then I have no use for the porn. She does zoom calls and I can watch YouTube tv at The same time, no problem.
New bride had AT&T DSL at her house in city limits in Texas and it sucked. There was no possible way to get any other wireline, so the story goes. Her house was a part of an older subdivision of something like 30 or 40 houses, all on dedicated ($$$) water and specified phone service, and policed by a nasty HOA. Could not get rid of it fast enough.
Sorry for the rant. By comparison, we visited her sister on Kodiak. Expected lousy service at best but big surprise! Starlink was doing the job faster than my Commie Cast and with good latency. If I still lived in the woods I would take it in a heart beat. For now though I’m sticking with my cable.
My previous cable monopoly was garbage. If I still lived there, I would consider upgrading to Starlink.
Then I’d constantly remind all the lefties I know of the stellar service, no pun intended, I was getting from Elon Musk.
Current ISP is reliable, and cheaper.
Can’t imagine being on DSL today. That must be miserable.
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