One week of Starlink

[The Heretic]

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[The Heretic]

I don't think Starlink is going to get much demand for this; the price is the same, not much if any performance improvement (that is known), it isn't smaller and it consumes more power.

SpaceX Reveals Price of New Starlink Dish

The $599 price means the new dish will cost the same as the current Starlink hardware kit.

www.pcmag.com

OTOH, when they come out with the mini-dish, that may be a hot seller.

 

[oregunbob541]

I've had it for about 8 months now. I have an unobstructed view of the north sky, and so far I have had zero outages. Speeds average between 100-250mbps, which is much better than the 10mbps service from centurylink that was my only other alternative in my rural area. I'm pretty sold on it. It's been rock solid with no issues so far. Highly recommend. Also I'm glad my dollars aren't supporting woke BS, so that's another bonus.

 

[The Heretic]

SpaceX Aims to Test Cellular Starlink System With 840 Satellites

The company wants to test the satellite connectivity with 2,000 test devices across 13 different locations in the US, but it needs FCC approval.

www.pcmag.com

 

[The Heretic]

Amazon buys SpaceX rocket launches for Kuiper satellite internet project

The move is a surprise from Amazon, given the company's Kuiper system aims to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink in the satellite broadband market.

www.cnbc.com

 

[The Heretic]

SpaceX Aims to Test Cellular Starlink System With 840 Satellites

The company wants to test the satellite connectivity with 2,000 test devices across 13 different locations in the US, but it needs FCC approval.

www.pcmag.com

FCC Lets SpaceX Deploy Satellites for Cellular Starlink, But With Restrictions

The FCC only grants part of SpaceX's application to operate a cellular version of Starlink, which is designed to work with T-Mobile smartphones.

www.pcmag.com

 

[The Heretic]

SpaceX's Cellular Starlink Successfully Beams First Text Messages to Phones

After launching into orbit last week, one of the satellites transmits the text messages during a test using T-Mobile's spectrum.

www.pcmag.com

 

[The Heretic]

Starlink Mini Dish Coming Later This Year, Elon Musk Says

The dish will be small enough to fit into a backpack, SpaceX's CEO says. Musk also talks about the upcoming cellular Starlink service, which will offer 7Mbps in bandwidth per cell.

www.pcmag.com

 

[Alexx1401]

Starlink Mini Dish Coming Later This Year, Elon Musk Says

The dish will be small enough to fit into a backpack, SpaceX's CEO says. Musk also talks about the upcoming cellular Starlink service, which will offer 7Mbps in bandwidth per cell.

www.pcmag.com

This Tech is getting quite impressive. Sounds like soon people will be able to go hiking and have the damn net with them. Should be fun to see.

 

[The Heretic]

This Tech is getting quite impressive. Sounds like soon people will be able to go hiking and have the damn net with them. Should be fun to see.

I look forward to being able to text message anyone almost anywhere - if I am somewhere that there isn't a cell tower, then there is one passing overhead attached to a satellite. My main objective would be to ask for help if I am injured or stuck somewhere, but I am thinking my actual usage would be to tell my daughter I am okay while I am out and about in the boonies, regardless of where I am.

I am guessing there will probably be an additional service fee for this capability.

FYI - I am soon going to put my RV Starlink system up for sale - I am not using it, I haven't since 2022. I used my Residential system until last year when I switched to TMobile Home Internet. I will be keeping the Residential system until I sell the house. I keep it powered to get the firmware updates. It is my fallback and I will probably sell it with the house.

 

[RainMan_PNW]

look forward to being able to text message anyone almost anywhere - if I am somewhere that there isn't a cell tower, then there is one passing overhead attached to a satellite. My main objective would be to ask for help if I am injured or stuck somewhere, but I am thinking my actual usage would be to tell my daughter I am okay while I am out and about in the boonies, regardless of where I am.

We have been doing this for the past 10 years with our inReach device (first Delorme, now Garmin). It is how we coordinate with "home base" on where we are, how we are progressing, and what the rendezvous timing looks like for pick up. My wife has even used it to coordinate the extraction of an injured hypothermic hiker while doing 100+ miles up near Glacier Peak (WA).

I do welcome the function becoming "integrated" into our regular devices rather than carrying a separate one.

 

[The Heretic]

We have been doing this for the past 10 years with our inReach device (first Delorme, now Garmin). It is how we coordinate with "home base" on where we are, how we are progressing, and what the rendezvous timing looks like for pick up. My wife has even used it to coordinate the extraction of an injured hypothermic hiker while doing 100+ miles up near Glacier Peak (WA).

I do welcome the function becoming "integrated" into our regular devices rather than carrying a separate one.

I had a Spot subscription for a while - but let it lapse.

 

[lucusloc]

I got my starling up and running on my genny. Ice was a problem since it had been allowed to freeze, but I turned it up to "preheat" in the app. When you get an inch of ice on the thing it seems to impact sat tracking. I could only get a connection when the sats were in optimum position. Now that it has had time to cook for a few hours it seems like tracking is doing much better, despite the layer of ice still visible on the top of the tracker.

We are predicted to be out of power for the next week. More freezing rain is due tomorrow. I will be online only while I need power for other things. (remote work, running the fridge, etc.). I must say it is super nice having internet while power is out. We lost cell towers, telcom junction boxes, basically everything. But all starlink needs is a some electricity and a few hours to thaw out. The Icemaggedon does not reach to space apparently.

 

[The Heretic]

SpaceX Phases Out Old Starlink Dish, Offers Next-Gen Model to All US Users

SpaceX's newest Starlink dish, model V4, is now available to all residential subscribers on the company's official website. But it looks like the second-gen standard dish has been retired.

www.pcmag.com

 

[P7M13]

How much is starlink?

 

[The Heretic]

How much is starlink?

Last I checked, it was $120/mo for Residential, $150/mo for Roam. The former is used at a specific address, the latter can be moved to wherever you want to use it as you see fit. You can change addresses for the Residential as you see fit - but you need to notify Starlink and they need to approve the move - but from what I have read, that process only takes a few hours to a day or two. Last I heard, you can switch the types of services.

Equipment is $600. The equipment is the same for the two different service types.

I am going to sell my Gen 2 system for $300. I only used it for two months (back when I bought it, you could not switch from Roam to Residential, so even though I had already had the equipment that would work with the Residential service, they would not let me use it. They do now.

 

[The Heretic]

SpaceX to Deorbit 100 Starlink Satellites Due to Potential Flaw

SpaceX says the maneuver won't affect any Starlink users. The satellites should burn up without a trace in the Earth's atmosphere.

www.pcmag.com

Considering they have almost 5500 satellites in orbit, that these are 1st gen satellites, and that they put up 50-100 3-4th gen satellites (with 4-5X the capacity), this is no big deal - except maybe it might be some kewl optics as the satellites burn up in the atmosphere.

 

[The Heretic]

Global satellite capacity prices tumble in Starlink’s wake

The price of satellite bandwidth for data services has dropped 77% over five years after SpaceX’s Starlink constellation flooded the market with capacity, according to Euroconsult analysis released Feb. 12.

spacenews.com

 

[Alexx1401]

Global satellite capacity prices tumble in Starlink’s wake

The price of satellite bandwidth for data services has dropped 77% over five years after SpaceX’s Starlink constellation flooded the market with capacity, according to Euroconsult analysis released Feb. 12.

spacenews.com

Every month when I get the notice that I paid Concast I think maybe its time to give them a try. Pretty sure the contract we signed with them is about to expire.

 

[The Heretic]

Every month when I get the notice that I paid Concast I think maybe its time to give them a try. Pretty sure the contract we signed with them is about to expire.

I've had decent performance/service with TMobile Home Internet - so far. But they are not available everywhere.