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Re: Starlink Premium

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Post by pndy »

tsomctl wrote: post #32
pndy wrote: post #27

I haven't check their prices at all till now and holy guacamole - for about half of their monthly price my ISP gives me up to 1 Gb/s FTTH without transfer limits (asymmetric connection - tho, not an issue; speed varies from city to city but I can't complain now - it's not the faulty copper line that made me more offline than online), unlimited VoIP phone and tv with almost 200 channels and HBO GO (not that I would wa…

At my cousin's property (which I spend a lot of time at), for a little less than their monthly price, AT&T gives us an analog telephone line with local calling. That's it.

My city of about 70k people was in the pilot program of this FTTH infrastructure upgrade in the whole country and I'm really happy I could leave my old faulty copper line behind me (tho, phone number was carried over).

Re: Starlink Premium

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Post by xiphias2 »

Tesla did the same ,,strategy'' when it couldn't deliver the $35k car, as scaling was too optimistic: get a premium version with much higher margins and make people buy that. There are lots of people for whom $500 is worth a great internet, as it helps them deliiver work significantly more work value.

Re: Starlink Premium

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Post by liketochill »

olyjohn wrote: post #19
liketochill wrote: post #7

I access a remote site near Vancouver with starlink and we have another satellite internet service there too. The starlink cuts out for 5-15s every 3-7 minutes. Makes talking on voip very frustrating. The old satellite with 700ms latency is better for me.

You have obstructions. I spent weeks getting mine to work right and had to top a couple of trees and build a custom pole mount to get it even higher on the roof. Being in a remote site around Vancouver, you're probably dealing with lots of tall trees too.

Thanks for the hints, I’ll talk To the guy who recently re Aimed the dish and see what could be in the way. I’m pretty familiar with dealing line of sight issues for wireless links. We’re in a valley so might be tough to improve our path.

Re: Starlink Premium

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Post by hirundo »

In 2020 they took my $99 deposit and told me I'd have service in the Summer of 2021. Then at the end of 2021 they sent an email saying that nope, it will be sometime in 2023. Now, this says I might get it this year if I pay an unaffordable price.

Frustrating, since this is the only opportunity on the horizon for more than my current 10 MiB DSL, and I live online. Please Starlink, stop making new promises and shoving them in the queue in front of your old promises!

Re: Starlink Premium

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Post by CreepGin »

gonehome wrote: post #16
DrBenCarson wrote: post #8

What used to be "by mid to late 2021" is now "late 2022" for my location. I'm not shelling out another $400 for nothing. In fact, this reminded me to cancel my pre-order. Thank you! $99 back in my pocket. Deliver scalable GA and I'll subscribe.

I have one and it's really great. Went from high latency 10mbps (calnet) to low latency 150mbps (starlink). Prior to calnet we had geostationary satellite which was unusably bad and would try to tether through Verizon but signal was very weak. It's life changing if you're in an area without other options (though it does suck it's taking a long time for people to get access).

Just curious. What is your avg ping for starlink? I'm looking forward to my future farmhouse and the ability to play ranked valorant on it.

Re: Starlink Premium

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Post by thaumasiotes »

scotty79 wrote: post #60

Are we not concerned about Kessler syndrome anymore so that we think that hastily doubling the amount of satellites around there is a good idea? The news came in that SpaceX rocket stage will accidentally hit the Moon and will become first billionaire made garbage/pollution there. Are we sure we trust this company with not devastating low earth orbit due to some accidents? And for what? For expensive mediocre interne…

> SpaceX rocket stage will accidentally hit the Moon and will become first billionaire made garbage/pollution there.

There is nothing living on the moon; what would "pollution" mean in this context?

Re: Starlink Premium

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Post by scotty79 »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #67
scotty79 wrote: post #60

Are we not concerned about Kessler syndrome anymore so that we think that hastily doubling the amount of satellites around there is a good idea? The news came in that SpaceX rocket stage will accidentally hit the Moon and will become first billionaire made garbage/pollution there. Are we sure we trust this company with not devastating low earth orbit due to some accidents? And for what? For expensive mediocre interne…

> SpaceX rocket stage will accidentally hit the Moon and will become first billionaire made garbage/pollution there. There is nothing living on the moon; what would "pollution" mean in this context?

Garbage then. I'm not a native speaker. Does something need to harm a living being to be considered pollution?
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